Research Description

Eyewitness accounts of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and the religious war debate

Working Thesis Title

“’Woe for the future’: Eyewitness Accounts of the Thirty Years War and the Religious War Debate”

Teaching Assistantships

Hist 224: Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War (Spring 2014)

Hist 106: The Making of Modern Europe (Fall 2013)

Hist 225: 20th Century Europe (Spring 2013)

Conference Presentations

“Gustavus Adolphus: Hero or Villain? Eyewitness Accounts of the Thirty Years War and the Religious War Debate,” presented 1 February 2014 at Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC.

“Religious, Confessional, Holy, or Secular War?: The Thirty Years War and Personal Experience.” Paper presented 23 February 2013 at York New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference, York, ON.

“Was the Thirty Years War a Religious War?: A Bavarian Monk’s Personal Account of the Thirty Years War,” presented 2 February 2013 at Qualicum History Conference, Parksville, BC.