Readings
Completion requirements
R. J. W. Evans, The Making of the Habsburg Monarchy 1550-1700. An Interpretation (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1979), ch. 6. 195-234.
Further readings (optional)
Charles W. Ingrao, “The Thirty Years War 1618-1648,” in The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815, 2nd ed, New Approaches to European History 21 (Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 23–52.