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I. Introduction 
1. The Conversation on Sunday Afternoon 
2. Utopia 
3. Facts 
4. Casus Belli in Practice 
5. This Volume 
II. Crowns, Dynasty and Territory
1. Introduction 
2. The Hundred Years' War 
3. The Wars of the Roses 7
4. The Wars for the Expansion of France 
5. The Italian Wars 
6. Conclusion 
III. Religious Wars in Europe: The Beginning 
1. Introduction 
2. The Absolute Power of the Pope 
3. The Hussite Wars 
4. Albert II, Frederick III and Maximilian I 
5. Martin Luther 
6. The Peasants' War 
7. The Influence of Luther 
8. War in Germany 
9. The Peace of Augsburg 
10. Conclusion 
IV. Religion and Power in England 
1. Introduction 
2. Henry VIII 
3. Edward VI 
4. Mary Tudor 
5. Elizabeth I 
6. James I/VI 
7. Conclusion 
V. The Wars of Religion in France 
1. Introduction 
2. The Huguenots 
3. Conclusion 
VI. The Rise of the Dutch Republic 
1. Introduction 
2. A Legacy of Autonomy 
3. William of Orange
4. The Act of Abjuration 
5. Philip III and the Twelve Years' Truce 
6. Conclusion 
VII. The Culmination: The Thirty Years' War 
1. Introduction 
2. The Irony 
3. Rudolf II 
4. The Rebellion in Bohemia 
5. Frederick V 
6. Containing the War 
7. The Expanding War: Denmark 
8. The Expanding War: Sweden
9. The Expanding War: France 
10. The Peace of Westphalia 
11. Rethinking War: Cruce, Sully and Grotius 
12. Conclusion 
VIII. The English Civil War 
1. Introduction 
2. Charles I 
3. The First Civil War 
4. The Second Civil War 
5. Conclusion 
IX. Eastern Europe 
1. Introduction 
2. Poland and Lithuania 
3. Russia 
4. Conclusion 
X. The New World 
1. Introduction 
2. Precedents 
3. The New World 
4. The Requirement 
5. England and the New World 
6. The Colonies in North America 
7. Slavery 
8. Conclusion 
XI. The Muslim World 
1. Introduction 
2. Inter-Family Wars and Coups 
3. Inter-Islam Wars: Sunni v Sunni 
4. Inter-Islam Wars: Sunni v Shia
5. Muslim and Christian Wars 
6. Conclusion 
XII. Asia 
1. Introduction 
2. The Ming and Their Neighbours 
3. The Imjin War 
4. The Qing 
5. Conclusion 
XIII. Conclusion

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