This book sheds light on the course of the Counter-Reformation and the nature of early modern Catholicism.

The story of a legendary horse who could run like the wind, but also hurt those who love him the most.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most