Anuschka Tischer
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Anuschka Tischer is a Robert Bosch Foundation Lecturer for History at the University of Riga in Latvia
, and a scientific assistant at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg
. A former research fellow for the edition series Acta Pacis Wesphalicae, she has published works on French diplomacy at the Congress of Westphalia
and is currently doing work on the Franco-Spanish War
of the 1650s.
Tischer earned her M.A. degree on 1992 with her work Magisterarbeit zu den Reformbestrebungen Kaiser Maximilians I. in Heerwesen und Kriegsorganisation des Reichs [Master's thesis on Emperor Maximilian I's attempts to reform the army and military organization of the empire]. She obtained her PhD in 1998 with her Dissertation zum außenpolitischen Wandel von Richelieu zu Mazarin am Beispiel der französischen Diplomatie beim Westfälischen Frieden [Dissertation on the change in foreign policy from Richelieu to Mazarin using the example of French diplomacy at the Peace of Westphalia]. She also wrote Französische Diplomatie und Diplomaten auf dem Westfälischen Friedenskongreß. Außenpolitik unter Richelieu und Mazarin [French diplomacy and diplomats at the peace congress of Westphalia: foreign policy under Richelieu and Mazarin], published in 1999.
Alongside Derek Croxton
, she wrote the critically acclaimed The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, and a scientific assistant at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
. A former research fellow for the edition series Acta Pacis Wesphalicae, she has published works on French diplomacy at the Congress of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the...
and is currently doing work on the Franco-Spanish War
Fronde
The Fronde was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling, which Parisian mobs used to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin....
of the 1650s.
Tischer earned her M.A. degree on 1992 with her work Magisterarbeit zu den Reformbestrebungen Kaiser Maximilians I. in Heerwesen und Kriegsorganisation des Reichs [Master's thesis on Emperor Maximilian I's attempts to reform the army and military organization of the empire]. She obtained her PhD in 1998 with her Dissertation zum außenpolitischen Wandel von Richelieu zu Mazarin am Beispiel der französischen Diplomatie beim Westfälischen Frieden [Dissertation on the change in foreign policy from Richelieu to Mazarin using the example of French diplomacy at the Peace of Westphalia]. She also wrote Französische Diplomatie und Diplomaten auf dem Westfälischen Friedenskongreß. Außenpolitik unter Richelieu und Mazarin [French diplomacy and diplomats at the peace congress of Westphalia: foreign policy under Richelieu and Mazarin], published in 1999.
Alongside Derek Croxton
Derek Croxton
Derek Croxton is an American academic specialized in history. He authored several articles on military and diplomatic aspects of the Thirty Years' War. Croxton wrote Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and The Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648...
, she wrote the critically acclaimed The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary.