It was a war for freedom of worship and conscience, and reduced the population of Germany to about 3,000,000. It left desolation and misery probably equal to any war ever waged.

The experience of the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48 CE) doesn’t have much cultural resonance outside of central Europe. Perhaps this is surprising, given that it has the macabre distinction of ...

A 30-point loss on the road to the most bitter of rivals was a deflating way for the Pittsburgh Steelers to open their season. Thirty years ago this week, though, topped that on the misery index ...

Thirty Years War is a new game designed by developer HQ covering one of the darkest ages of European history. The Thirty Years War is the series of conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in ...

The Thirty Years War started as a localized conflict but quickly ballooned out into a multinational conflict that tore across the countryside. But the ones who bore the brunt of the damage were ...

BY DAVID BATASHVILI -- All of the factors which made the Thirty Years’ War as long and bloody as it was are at work in Syria as well.

Thirty-three years ago three young German painters living in Dresden kicked over academic traces and struck out for themselves. They shared studio, brushes, paint and their models. They exhibited ...

It was of course the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648, at the end of the original Thirty Years’ war (1618-48) that enshrined the inviolate rights of all states, regardless of size.

This documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth Stuart ...

During the latter portion of the Cold Phase, the number of wars decreased, but the wars lasted longer and were far more lethal—most notable was the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), where fatalities ...