The Transylvanian Contribution to the Thirty Years’ War in 17th-Century Venetian Historiography
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Florina Ciure
Date Issued
2025
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article
Volume
8
Start Page
111
End Page
130
Journal
Abstract
The conflict between Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire, known as the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), offered the Transylvanian prince Gabriel Bethlen, under the pretext of supporting the Czech Protestant rebels (1619-1622), the opportunity to implement his ambitious and expansive foreign policy against the Habsburgs. The Principality of Transylvania’s involvement in the Thirty Years’ War during the reign of George Rákóczy I on the side of the Franco-Swedish coalition in February 1644, preceded by negotiations with the allies concluded in November 1642, culminated in the separate peace between George Rákóczy I and Ferdinand III of Habsburg, concluded in Linz on September 16, 1645. Transylvania’s participation in the Thirty Years’ War is reflected in books published in Venice, such as Delle istorie memorabili by Al. Zilioli (1642), Delle Historie memorabili de’ nostri tempi by M. Bisaccioni (1653), Dell’Historie Universali d’Europa, vol. I-II, by G. Brusoni (1657), Ristretto dell’historie del mondo, the first part by H. Torsellini, and the second by B. Oldoini (1663), as well as in the work of B. Nani, Historia della Republica Veneta (1676), or in Idea Generale del Regno D’Ungheria by C. Freschot (1684).
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