Smoldering Narratives. The Literary Afterlife of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) in 21st-Century German Culture KU Leuven
The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was conceived as the defining German trauma until the 20th century, when the Second World War made it fade into the background. Therefore it is striking that a renewed fascination with the Thirty Years War has arisen in 21stcentury German academic and public discourse. Because of its structural parallels with our ‘new wars’ (e.g. Syria), some historians have even declared the Thirty Years War a ‘paradigm’ for ...