Any really good ecw book on uniforms, which are readily available will supply most of your. Scots in particular fought at every level, especially on the swedish side, and on the imperialist side croats were notorious for their barbarity. The thirty years war consisted of multiple phases, lasting from 1618 to 1648. The book describes and analyses the early modern swedish army during the thirty years war after the death in 1632 of king gustavus adolphus.
Books on the thirty years war 16181648 71 books goodreads. Scotland and scots were heavily entangled in both the diplomatic and military events centred on the holy roman empire. The role of sweden in the thirty years war michael fassbender. Europe during the thirty years war book i of ii book. Ten minute history the thirty years war short documentary.
Covers eastern europe, the baltic, italy, and france during the thirty years war, 161848. Courage and grief illuminates in a nuanced fashion swedens involvement in europes destructive thirty years war 161848. The role of sweden in the thirty years war the brief, brilliant campaigns of gustavus adolphus dominate the history of the thirty years war for many. Women and swedens thirty years war early modern cultural studies ailes, mary elizabeth on. Swedish intervention in the thirty years war wikipedia. During the thirty years war in europe 16181648, the king of sweden, gustavus adolphus, was slain while his troops were winning the battle of lutzen, in what is now germany. The result of that conflict and the conclusion of the thirty years war helped establish postwar sweden as a major force in europe. A documentary history headnotes introduce each selection, and a general introduction provides both a brief history of the war and a discussion of its causes. A deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated seventeenthcentury europe, killing nearly a quarter of all germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. What began as a local, religious conflict became more and more continental and political with each expanding. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Thirty years war 161848, in european history, a series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Women and swedens thirty years war university of nebraska. Focusing on the various roles women performed in the bloody and extended conflict, mary elizabeth ailes analyzes how methods of warfare and swedish society were changing in profound ways.
Peter wilsons book is a major work, the first new history of the thirty years war in a. Somewhere i read that it set back civilization and development 200 years in germany. Most of the fighting took place in the holy roman empire, although the war grew to include european powers outside of the empire. The war raged over most of what is today known as germany and involved many european powerful countries. She concentrates on the thirty years war and on the swedish war force, which was one of the main actors in the war since 1630. A deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated. Asch, a professor of early modern history at the university of osnabruck, germany. Olof skotkonung 9951022 was the first ruler documented to have been accepted by both the swedes around lake malaren and by the geats around lake vattern. In fact, almost all of the powerful countries in europe were involved in the war. A book which is, and will long remain, the standard authority on the subjecti doubt if there is anything in any european language which. The thirty years war was one of the greatest and longest armed contests of the early modern period. A region on the southern shore of the baltic sea in central europe, split between germany and poland. Before i618, the spanish habsburgs were the central power in a europe where religious differences were crucial.
Death came during the battles, from disease and the rampaging of the armies through the. There are legendary accounts of swedish kings well into prehistory and they are mentioned by tacitus in his germania, but st. The initial phase, what historians refer to as the bohemian revolt, was a result of the holy roman emperor, ferdinand ii, attempting to assert imperial and catholic control over territories that had broken away during the reformation. Cristian cantirs mentorship throughout my undergraduate career at oakland university, particularly as i created, revised, and presented this paper. The king of sweden from 1611 to 1632, credited with founding the swedish empire, who led sweden to military supremacy during the thirty years war. The thirty years war was a war fought primarily in central europe between 1618 and 1648. Peter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. Basically it was about religion, a war fought to determine the power of one religion over the other. The swedish invasion of the holy roman empire, or the swedish intervention in the thirty years war is a historically accepted division of the thirty years war.
The religious wars that followed the reformation tore at the very fabric of europe, first in france, and then in the holy roman empire in a conflict that came to be called the thirty years war. Wilsons masterful book will stand as the definitive account of this epic conflict. Europe during the thirty years war book i of ii by adolphus. The origins of the thirty years war among the major wars of modern european history, the thirty years war stands out not only for its duration but also for its striking impact on the international system in which it took place. Sweden in the thirty years war the thirty years war consisted of multiple phases, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Muscovy and sweden in the thirty years war 16301635 b. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of europe, and, when it ended with the treaty of westphalia in 1648, the map of europe had been irrevocably changed. During the thirty years war, sweden conquered approximately half of the holy roman states and defeated the imperial army at the battle of. The concept of uniforms was under development during the thirty years war. More broadly, the duel between swedish and imperial forces has become the defining conflict of the war, with the twelve years that preceded it being relegated to the background. Swedish intervention and conduct in the thirty years war.
Courage and griefilluminates in a nuanced fashion swedens involvement in europes destructive thirty years war 161848. This volume deals with the entanglement of scotland in the thirty years war 1618 1648, discussing both the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that led to scottish involvement in the heart of the holy roman empire. Her fathers role in the thirty years war may have turned the tide from the catholics to the protestants. If you are new to the thirty years war andor want a shorter, even more readable account, consider cv wedgwoods classic narrative history the thirty years war. Sweden rose to prominence on a continental scale during the tenure of king gustavus adolphus, seizing territories from russia and polandlithuania in multiple conflicts, including the thirty years war.
Sweden was thrown into mourning, and government officials met to determine how to replace the king. Gustavus adolphus 1612, of sweden, also showed a strong desire to interfere in german affairs. Sep 30, 2018 this war saw the rise of sweden and france but most importantly saw the foundations of modern diplomacy built. But this book succeeds, at least in setting the stage and following the people and politics. Sweden wanted control of the baltic while france used the war to acquire alsace and lorraine, two areas that were to cause.
There were a number of reasons for this participation. From 1643 to 1645, during the last years of the war, sweden and denmarknorway fought the torstenson war. Courage and grief illuminates in a nuanced fashion sweden s involvement in europes destructive thirty years war 161848. Axel oxenstierna and books the sixteenth century journal, 38. Source for information on christina of sweden 16261689. Swedish intervention and conduct in the thirty yearsaz war. Women and swedens thirty years war is a part of this followup.
At the outbreak of the thirty years war all these countries, it is true, were prevented from taking part in it by internal difficulties or by wars in other directions. Peter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict. The holy roman empire and europe, 161848 written by ronald g. The next year, in the battle of prague the last significant fighting in the thirty years war the swedes captured prague castle from the forces of the holy roman empire and looted the.
Although sweden was a primary source of elk hides used to make buff coats, the swedes seldom used this armour. Christina of sweden 16261689queen of sweden and learned ruler who crossed gender boundaries, supported knowledge and art, and fascinated people with her unconventional ways. The thirty years war was fought from 1618 until 1648. It was a military conflict that took place between 1630 and 1635, during the course of the thirty years war. Thirty years war, 161848, in european history, a series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Europe during the thirty years war book i of ii by. Gustavus adolphus and the thirty years war youtube. Though it was primarily centered in germany, several other countries became involved in the conflict, including france, spain, and sweden. The long polishswedish war of 16001629 developed from the swedish civil war of 159798. Scotland and the thirty years war, 16181648, 2001 online. Actions of the thirty years war eastern europe, the baltic, italy and france the third in a trilogy of books by the renowned author fills in the gaps in tyw coverage. An index, suggestions for further reading, a map, and several examples of seventeenthcentury artwork are included. Thirty years war simple english wikipedia, the free. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of europe, and, when it ended, the map of europe had been irrevocably changed.
This was a long war that was fought from 1618 to 1648. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Swedish neutrality refers to sweden s former policy of neutrality in armed conflicts, which was in effect from the early 19th century, until 2009, when sweden entered into various mutual defence treaties with the eu, and other nordic countries.
Dec, 2014 poland served as 4 primary things in the 30 years war. An alliance had developed between the commonwealth of polandlithuania and sweden towards the end of the livonian war, and in 1587 sigismund vasa, the heir to the swedish throne, had been elected king of polandlithuania in an attempt to secure that alliance. Some historians have argued that it was a series of separate wars that happened to overlap in time and space rather than one coherent sequence of military campaigns in which a clearly defined set of issues was at. Alfred doblins sprawling historical novel wallenstein 1920 is set during the thirty years war. The thirty years war was a very confusing conflict on many levels, and to attempt any account of it in barely 200 pages is almost foolhardy. It is a good place to start a study of the conflict. Biography of christina, unconventional queen of sweden. That book is about half the length of this one and gives shorter shrift to the second half of the war. Sep 26, 2016 the thirty years war was a european continental war that took place from 16181648 thirty years. Scotland and the thirty years war deals with the complicated involvement of the kingdom of scotland in the thirty years war of 16181648. Jul 24, 2019 her childhood came during a long european cold spell called the little ice age and the thirty years war 16181648, when sweden sided with other protestant nations against the habsburg empire, a catholic power centered in austria. The economist explains what happened in the thirty years war.
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