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3208:, Tilly had by mid-April brought 25,000 men to take the city. Falkenburg had been sent to bring the city to the highest level of defense that he could given the means that he had at his disposal. He had brought the force defending the city to 2,500 men in addition to the city militia. However, now the colonel had a much larger force in front of him – and despite the positive news of Swedish victories in the east – given the situation that prevailed in Magdeburg these were not received very well. Moral in the city was low. The governor of the town, the town council, the people of the city and the strong minority of Catholic supporters were constantly bickering. In the beginning of May Tilly started to negotiate with the town. He was fearful of the Swedish relieving the siege, and was therefore eager to see it brought back into Imperial possession by any means. However, nothing came of these negotiations in time. By 19 May, Tilly was so fearful that he proposed making a final assault on the city. By this point the only surrender he would accept from the town was an unconditional one. The town council agreed to surrender the city, but Falkenburg requested to have an audience with the council at 4 am on the following morning to talk them out of it. Despite the fact that the Imperial negotiator was still in the city awaiting the final answer of the city council, Tilly ordered the final assault on the city. Many of the officers and soldiers had abandoned the defensive works because they knew the final decision of the town council was being made. Falkenburg, hearing of the assault despite the fact that Tilly was supposed to be awaiting the council's answer, summoned all the men that he could and led an effort against the assault. Although he achieved some initial successes, Falkenburg died in the defense. Shortly thereafter the city was 2247:) and sulphur were gathered in large qualities in anticipation for the campaign. There was to be enough of this that each regiment could be furnished with the quantity that it would need each month. Factories that produced swords, armor and other weapons were kept at full capacity. A war tax was also implemented, which was specifically aimed at taxing the nobility to ensure that everyone was contributing their part. During this first year, three-quarters of the revenue that was accumulated by the state was to be directed towards the war effort. Even the churches were given instructions to preach in favor of the cause and conscription. All males from the ages of 16 to 60 were called upon to report for service. Those who could not report regular wages were among the first to be incorporated into the ranks. Only families that could report at least one son were required to furnish soldiers. If a family could not report sons, then they were let off from service. No exceptions were granted to nobles – they were required to serve in the cavalry. Men were also incorporated into the army from abroad. There were two regiments of Scots, many soldiers were incorporated into the ranks from the Danish army that had been defeated at the hands of the Habsburgs. Ambitious mercenaries everywhere enlisted in the Swedish army, when the king's military prowess started to become well known throughout Europe. The Hanseatic towns also furnished contingents for the upcoming conflict. 2234:– a conference that had sought to settle the issues that precipitated the war – had dismissed the Swedish envoys – at the behest of Wallenstien – out of hand. When they refused to leave, they were threatened with violence. This angered the king greatly. Lastly the king, as well as the nation, did feel deep concern for the Protestants who were being ruthlessly oppressed. One historian says, "Ferdinand had also insulted the Swedish flag, and intercepted the king's dispatches to Transylvania. He also threw every obstacle in the way of peace between Poland and Sweden, supported the pretensions of Sigismund to the Swedish throne, and denied the right of Gustavus to the title of king.... So many personal motives, supported by important considerations, both of policy and religion, and seconded by pressing invitations from Germany, had their full weight with a prince, who was naturally the more jealous of his royal prerogative the more it was questioned, who was flattered by the glory he hoped to gain as Protector of the oppressed, and passionately loved war as the element of his genius." 3874: 2728:

Brandenburg (which was also in the hands of the same family that possessed Prussia). These princes, desiring to maintain the integrity of their dominions and their ostensible neutrality (the Imperials had forced them to allow armies to march through their territories on several occasions, and would do so again) did not want armies, especially Imperial armies, marching through their territories and causing destruction in their lands. These two German powers were also Protestant. They were awaiting events to see who would gain the upper hand, and they too were duplicitous in their dealings with both sides. Both of their princes were just as suspicious of the Swedes as they were of the Imperials. They were both powerful German states, and could not be ridden over roughshod the way Pomerania had been. The king was accordingly more cautious in his dealings with them and courted them with the desire of attaining an alliance with them.

2097: 1557:. Despite various attempts to violate the provisions in the Peace of Augsburg no general European or German conflagration would erupt as a result of the violations. At the end of the conflicts, it was agreed that the provisions of the Peace of Augsburg would once again be adhered to. "All that the Lutheran church gained by the Peace of Augsburg was toleration; all that the church conceded was a sacrifice to necessity, not an offering to justice" says one historian. However, the Peace of Augsburg could never be anything but a temporary cessation of hostilities. Its provisions contained an addendum that declared that it would only become active without reservation upon the meeting of a general council and a final attempt at the reunion of the two confessions. There was no reason to believe these would ever happen unless the Lutherans were forced to do so. 1872:

aid in effective representation of the respective bodies; those being nobles, clergy, burghers and peasants. To exclude vested and powerful interests from exercising undue influence over the government, the nobles were excluded from holding representation in more than one body. Peers were excluded from debating on motions brought before the body – their attendance was mandatory and they were expected to deliberate on motions in silence. Despite watering down the traditional nobility with a healthy leaven of new nobles based on meritorious military service, the nobility had during Gustavus' reign more channels awarded to it through which it could leverage the operation of the government. On the whole though, the king maintained a monopoly on power within the government.

3511:, a force that he deemed to be suitable to defend the location against any Imperial attack, and left with 18,000 troops. As opposed to operating on his base, he opted to operate on the Havel. His goal was to push Tilly into Saxony, and thereby compel a decision upon the Elector of Saxony to either side with him, or against him. He had little doubt, acting upon the emperor's orders, Tilly would soon force the Elector's hand. Once the Swedes had pushed the Imperial forces into the Electorate, he anticipated that the issue would naturally come to a head of itself. Additionally, by advancing in a southerly direction from the Havel, he anticipated that once the Elector had made his decision, he would be ideally placed to join his forces with the Elector. 3354:– when the Emperor would have been more well served by his lieutenant if he had isolated the German Protestant's from Sweden and or compelling the Swedish into direct conflict. Instead, they were allowed to pick away at the Catholic power with victories everywhere of greater or lesser significance everywhere. Which, while each in and of themselves insignificant, collectively were significant and formidable and placed the Swedish in strategically and in morally superior positions from which they would be well placed to gain decisive victories against the Habsburg monarchy and the Catholic League. Additionally, in the process of enforcing the edict he was fostering resentment and outrage, in addition to dividing the troops of his principal army. 427: 416: 405: 386: 367: 1780: 214: 3417:, just north on the other side of the Elbe. The king wanted Pappenheim to believe that he was moving towards Magdeburg, and started to march in that direction. Pappenheim, seeking to ensure that he did not get there before he did, marched off toward Magdeburg. However, the king immediately turned his army around, marched it north, left a couple of hundred men on the left (western) bank of the Oder and moved to Tangermünde. The Swedes captured Tangermünde and its citadel and then fortified Tangermünde. The Swedes collected all of the boats they could, and then advanced further north up Elbe to Werben. Werben was also taken. Fortifications were installed at the confluence of the Havel and the Elbe, right by Werben. 2525:

drummer was sent to treat with the king; however, the king did not receive the ambassador, stating that he did not recognize messages that came from soldiers of such low grade, and that he would only speak with Damitz himself. Some talks took place between the king and the colonel; however the colonel had not been empowered to allow troops to enter the city. The king and the duke quickly made arrangements to speak, and at the meeting the king informed the Duke that he would not brook neutrality from any power in Germany, and that he was fully prepared to take the city by force. He was also informed by the king that the Swedes would not tolerate delay of any sort, that he must be allowed to enter the city at once.

3673: 2400:. He immediately captured a number of the important towns on the island and garrisoned them. Disembarking on the island, the king slipped and fell, but nothing was made of this by the army. The first thing the king did upon landing was kneel and offer up prayers in thanks for the success of the landing. Immediately after offering up these prayers, the king picked up a shovel and started to dig entrenchments that were going to cover the landing. It took two days for the entire force to land, as the companies were landed they were immediately put to work in creating these entrenchments. There were some older entrenchments that were already there, and these were seized as well. Other ones were also constructed. 3025: 3018: 3600: 3561:

concluding this treaty, the King issued orders to concentrate all available forces in the vicinity for a major battle, and to prepare a line of retreat for himself and the allied army should the issue of the battle be problematical for him. Tott had the responsibility of holding the Swedish line of communications should it become necessary to follow their line of advance in the case of a retreat. Additionally, Horn was to issue instructions for the nucleus of a new army to be formed on the Havel, which was to be formed from a contingent promised by the Elector of Brandenburg – the King's brother-in-law. The King then crossed the river with his army. He reached the vicinity of

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and at the same time ensure the siege of Magdeburg continued by quickly gaining a secure footing on the Havel from which he could prevent the Swedes from relieving Magdeburg. However, in addition to making this indirect route, he had to march through the Electorate of Brandenburg as tenderly as possible. As Brandenburg had not declared for either side, it still retained a neutrality, but only in the technical sense. Enough so that Tilly could demand to march through the Electors territory, but sought to alleviate the worst of the enmity this might arouse in the elector by avoiding his capital, Berlin. After making this "tender" march, he finally arrived in

3060:, with five regiments, set out from Frankfurt, who had been stationed there, to join him in the siege of Landsberg. The siege was begun the same day. There was situated outside of Landsberg a strongly entrenched fortress, and it was clear to the king that if he wanted to acquire the city, he must first take this fortress. He had cannons brought up and fired upon the fortress. After a minimal exchange of artillery fire and the repulse of a sortie, the king stiffly offered terms to Landsberg. The next day the terms were accepted and the 4,000 Imperialist soldiers abandoned the city and fortress promising not to serve in the war for the next eight months. 2350:

and the integrity of the duchy itself, as well as its financial viability. His chief concern was to ensure that the depredations that were being visited on much of Germany would not be committed in his duchy. When he learned of Gustavus' intention of landing in Germany, in his duchy, he reached out to the king and requested that the king should not make war in his duchy. The king informed Bogislaw that he was going to land in his duchy, and that upon his conduct depended how the duchy was to be treated. He informed the duke that depending on his conduct, he could count on the Swedish army being lenient towards his duchy or severe in how it was handled.

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and Stettin. He proposed marching on either Frankfurt or Landsberg. Tilly does not seem to have paid any attention to this manoeuvre. Instead he marched towards Stargard, the one just south of Neu–Brandenburg. Stargard was not a place that could be easily defended, the king did not believe in the strength of the position, and informed Knyphausen of this. He had ordered Knyphausen to plan on retreating after an honorable period of time, but the messengers had been seized and Knyphausen held out to the last. The city was breached, and only Knyphausen and three other man survived the siege. The subsequent looting of the city was allegedly horrible.

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left flank. The imperial army then conducted a general attack to exploit the exposed left flank. The Swedes repositioned their second line to cover the left flank and counterattacked with their cavalry to both imperial flanks. The attack on the Imperial left was led personally by Gustavus Adolphus, capturing the Imperial artillery and enveloping the Imperial left flank. The Swedes now had much greater weight of fire from their artillery, infantry, and the captured Imperial artillery. The Imperial line became disorganized under the heavy fire and was enveloped. The Imperial line collapsed and over 80% of Imperial forces were killed or captured.

2788: 2446:, which Imperials retreated to as the king made his push to clear the island. He ordered that his forces garrison these bases and continued to pursue the Imperials to the far side of the island. There was no resistance on the island, as the Imperialists continued to retreat. Seeing that they would soon be pinched between the inlet that separated Wolin from the mainland, the Imperials burnt the bridge that crossed from Wolin to the mainland and continued their retreat. The king had secured both Wolin and Usedom – as the result of which he controlled all of the mouths that the Oder had into the Baltic Sea, he went back to his headquarters. 2442:(a town that was on the continent proper opposite Usedom). Seeing that the Imperials had constructed a fortress to protect the region he reconnoitered the fortress, observing its strengths and weaknesses. He sent back to his principal base and ordered that 4,000 additional musketeers be brought up to the position. When these came up, he moved towards the fortress but found that the Imperials had abandoned the base and moved to Wolgast. He left 1,000 men in this base and with the rest of the force, 3,500 foot soldiers and 2,500 cavalry, he set out to clear Usedom of Imperial forces entirely. There were a number of bases opposite Usedom on 3164: 2415: 2408: 2129:

contributed to the failure of the Protestant cause. There were no ardent powers fighting for the Protestant cause, all of them only seeking to empower themselves while simultaneously being willing to come to terms with Ferdinand. France promised subsidies to Denmark, but had provided them irregularly. In addition, the Dutch Republic, although ostensibly equally ardent for the Protestant cause as the French, were not keen on seeing the entirety of the Baltic coast fall into the hands of Sweden for economic reasons; which by Sweden's campaigns against Russia and Poland around the Baltic made that intent on the part of Sweden manifest.

1493: 2262:– a man whom held the absolute confidence of the king and was the government's first minister – by the end of the year these forces were brought up to 21,000 men. In order to hold Sweden and its subsidiary states firmly, there were stationed in Sweden itself 16,000 men. In case there should be any contingency that should arise from Finland and the east, 6,500 men were left there. In the Baltic provinces there was a further 5,000 men. Gustavus believed that it was absolutely essential that he should hold the entirety of the Baltic coast, because he would be no good in Germany if the Catholic powers could operate on his 3745:

beginning of the war – almost 12 years past at this point – the Protestants had not been in such a strong position. With the destruction of the Imperial army, which retreated towards the Weser, the entirety of Germany was by and large open to the Swedish army. There were two strategies available to the Protestant army at this point. To march immediately towards the Emperor's hereditary possessions – which were the mainstay of his power – Further, Inner and Austria proper. To attack Vienna, and take the Emperor's capital from him in the hopes that this would bring him to terms on the Danube. Or, he could march to the

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changes in the economy. The military reforms – among which tight discipline was one of the prevailing principles – brought the Swedish military to the highest levels of military readiness and were to become the standard that European states would strive for. The code drawn up encouraged the highest level of personal frugality. In the camp, no silver or gold were permitted anywhere. The King's tent was not exempted from this prohibition. According to one historian, luxury was a "...stranger in the camp..." All soldiers who were caught looting were to be court-marshalled and then shot,

1677:, and two imperial secretaries. The noblemen held a trial on the spot, found the Imperial officials guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty, and threw them out of a third-floor window of the Bohemian Chancellery. The entirety of these proceedings were without question illegal, not to mention reactionary and partisan in nature. There was nothing even legitimate about the court itself, that it was a lawfully constituted body or that it even had any jurisdiction over the case in question. By happenstance, the imperial officials' lives were saved by them landing in a pile of manure. 2953:. Upon taking Demmin, the king would hold the entirety of the Tollense river. This he had set out some time back to do, but had been distracted from the project. Being winter as it was, the king could afford to take up a project that was comparatively conservative in scope for a winter campaign as such that he was in the process of conducting. In addition, in spite of the fact that it was winter, it was important that he should establish a firm base between the Stralsund and Stettin country. With this line secured, his proposed expedition into Mecklenburg would be more secure. 2081:

for Livonia. As Danzig, weak to its trust, had allowed a Polish force to garrison it, Gustavus immediately marched his army towards that city. He besieged it in spite of the fact that and they fought off several efforts to relieve the siege. During this campaign though, the king, wounded on two different occasions, once very severely, was unable to command the army in person. As a result of this, the Swedes suffered some reverses, but nothing materially damaged Sweden's presence. As a result of the king's wounds, the successes of the beginning of this campaign were negligible.

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dispersed. Many of these soldiers would enlist in the Swedish service, and it is related that they were quickly brought up to the Swedish standard of discipline. The king deemed Wallenstein to be such an able general, that upon learning of his dismissal, he reached out to him and requested that he serve under him. The Catholic cause had lost an able general. Additionally, the army which he headed, 100,000 strong, was entirely under his command. Both the officers and the men were personally loyal to him. The majority of the officers in the main army quit the imperial service.

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about at will so they could support each other without encountering the enemy en route. One of the features that makes him the first "modern general" is his scrupulous care for his communications and his operating under the principle that his army should be united, or each unit having the ability to join the other units, in good time. Holding Anklam was not enough to ensure that the body based on Stralsund could quickly join his army at Oderburg should matters become problematical. The line from Stralsund to Anklam down to Stettin could be punctured at any point. The river

342: 168: 3557:(North-East), which was the direction from which the Swedish might descend on the besieging army. The residents of the town however, had not received instructions from the elector, as his messengers had failed to get through, and on 16 September surrendered the city to Tilly. Four hundred thousand florins were to be paid to the imperials, and the small garrison within Leipzig was allowed to march out of the town with all the honors of war. Having completed the occupation of the city, Tilly received news of the approach of the Swedish and Saxon army from the North. 185: 2240:, a member of the Hanseatic towns, was being hard pressed by the Imperials. This area could not be left to the Catholics without leaving the serious possibility of the Holy Roman Emperor invading Sweden. As long as he was not personally on the scene to prevent such an acquisition, it was only a matter of time that these areas should be seized. The Emperor had 170,000 troops, of various qualities to be sure, in Germany. Such an army could not be prevented from seizing these places with the minimal resources that were at the command of the Protestant holdouts. 3294:. Maximilian was a skilled politician and one of the principal beneficiaries of the Thirty Years' War. After the revolt of Frederick V against Ferdinand, which sparked the whole conflict, Maximilian was rewarded with Frederick's electoral dignity. Frederick, as a descendant of the Wittelsbach house was Elector Palatine and Imperial Vicar and thereby held the honor of being among other things the first to vote in Imperial elections. His electoral dignity was the most prestigious in the empire, and its passage to Maximilian increased his prestige considerably. 2901: 2894: 1768:

all the lands in Sweden that was possessed by the Roman Catholic Church. As a result of this seizure and the money that the crown gained, the crown was greatly empowered. In spite of this, he retained his mother's Roman Catholicism as his religion. Although he guaranteed the rights of this religion to the people in his Swedish domains, this was a subject of great contention for the kingdom. Sigismund's right to the throne became a further subject of contention due to his support for the Counter-Reformation. After Sigismund's defeat in the

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could communicate completely with Oxenstierna. Horn, the general who had been allocated to command the Kolberg region and see about the taking of Kolberg itself, was informed of an Imperial plan to march to Kolberg from Garz and relieve it. Horn assembled all of the forces that he could, leaving a small force to observe Kolberg, and marched towards Rossentin, immediately to the south of Kolberg to await the arrival of the Imperial army from Garz. The Imperials, hoping to avoid detection, marched via an elaborate circuit to the south.

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through the English. Several other gains had been made though. The princes in Anhalt were also joining the cause. They negotiated a treaty which promised to; pay three thousand rix dollars a month, build forts and bridges in strategically important places as directed by the Swedish at their own expense, to hold these places for the Protestant cause, to deny the Emperor and the Catholic League access to these places, and to act and obey the directions of the Swedish King. Shortly after the victory, these treaties were negotiated at

3465: 3458: 2815:, had already secured election to the Kingdom of Hungary, and was in the middle of the procedures around securing his election as the next Holy Roman Emperor. The Catholic and Protestant princes (and specifically electors) were unanimous in their outrage and exacerbation with Wallenstein and his mercenary army, and were in a position to leverage the Emperor's action in a material way. Maximilian's support for his son's election, was critical, so Wallenstein had to be abandoned for the sake of assuring his son's succession. 3807: 3148: 3081: 2986: 469: 200: 2544: 2537: 1938: 457: 446: 331: 3144:– that he learned of the difficulties that George William was going to impose on his operations – although they were largely immaterial – it was indicative of the difficulties that George William was going to cause. There were multiple routes through which the Swedish army could reach Magdeburg. However, the ones that were to the south of Saxony had been ruined by the occupation of Imperial forces, as a result of which he would not be able to feed the army that had been designated as, "The Army of the Elbe". 2982:

had anticipated holding out for a while against a Swedish siege. However, as the city was given up after only two days, the Swedes gained all of the provisions. Among the baggage that was discovered, which as per the agreement was to be returned to the Imperials, were the possessions of a Quinti Del Ponte, a man who had served under the Swedish but was paid to betray them and then deserted. The king was asked what he would like to do with him, but he stated that he had no intention of taking petty revenge.

1799:. Also, Sigismund III never renounced his claim to the Swedish throne, and for many years the primary direction of Poland's foreign policy was directed at reacquiring it. As a result, Sweden was hard pressed on almost all of its borders. Charles IX died in 1611, without achieving any conclusive result in Sweden's wars during the six years of his reign. At the age of just 17, Gustavus was granted a special dispensation to assume the Swedish crown – and thereby inherited his father's conflicts. 3125:

attempting to deal diplomatically with George William's vacillation, he finally informed him that if these places were not handed over to him voluntarily, he would take them with force. Arrangements were then made by George William, who felt himself to be diplomatically isolated from both Saxony and the Habsburgs, to surrender the two places. Even after the king began his advance towards Magdeburg, George William, proving recreant to his trust, did not surrender complete control of Spandau to the Swedish.

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matters of the city and duchy were settled to the king's satisfaction. The king then received contributions from the duke and swapped out Damitz' force and placed three of his own companies to garrison the city. Bogislaw sent an embassy to the Emperor, informing him of the situation that had just transpired, but the Emperor declared that the entirety of Pomerania was in revolt, and looting and pillaging in the country was permitted on an even more extensive scale.

2846: 2839: 2022:, who had the ear of Sigismund and was his brother-in-law, encouraged him in this ambition. The king, perceiving the advantages that Sigismund would thus gain, in June sailed with a fleet to Danzig and compelled the city to pledge itself to neutrality in the conflict between Poland and Sweden. With Danzig's pledge, Sigismund proposed a renewal of the armistice. Extensions of this armistice would be agreed upon over the course of the next three years. 3750:

the Catholic league – and the Emperor's hereditary possessions also. Although a more conservative plan, in light of the circumstances it was a more prudent one. Although he had won a great victory in the heart of Germany, the electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, his most powerful allies, left much to be desired, and should matters change and the Emperor again gain the moral momentum from some victory, these allies could not be trusted absolutely.

3284: 1908:" to determine which territories that France had possessed earlier – even as far as the Middle Ages – that were "supposed" to belong to it legally. Using a pretext of just this sort, the Swedes invaded Polish held territories. Sigismund was proving incorrigible as long as he did not retain the Swedish throne. Sigismund had much support on the continent for his claim to the Swedish throne. Among those supporters being the Habsburg king of Spain, 143: 2373: 2366: 3229: 2957:

ordered to come south and aide in the siege at Demmin. Loitz, and city that is in between Greifswald and Demmin, had to be taken first though, as it was in the way. The king took it before sitting in front of Demmin, and after having taken it he urged Knyphausen to come as quickly as possible. In addition to making room for Knyphausen's army to come up on eastern side of Demmin, it also blocked Greifswald and left it completely without aid.

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existed since the days of the Romans, a military monarchy. By introducing this new nobility, the monarchy introduced a center of support in contradistinction to the traditional, landed aristocracy, which thereby allowed it to undercut the authority and privilege of the traditionally independent landed nobility. Sweden succeeded at centralizing, against the very same forces that the Polish monarchy would attempt to do so, and fail against.

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enemies pressed for his dismissal, ought to have convinced the emperor of the importance of his services... many armies could not compensate for the loss of this individual". However, despite the unprecedented victories that Wallenstien had brought him, and his virtually unassailable position, he was politically vulnerable and needed to appease the German princes pressing him for Wallenstein's dismissal. The Emperor's son,

3669:. There may have been confusion in the imperial command at seeing Pappenheim's charge; in their assessment of the battle, military historians have wondered if Pappenheim precipitated an attempted double envelopment, or if he followed Tilly's preconceived plan. At any rate, recognizing an opportunity, Tilly sent the majority of his infantry against the remaining Saxon forces in an oblique march diagonally across his front. 2435:(previously the king's tutor), the officer who had been in charge of ensuring the supply of food to task for this and lectured him severely. He sent to Oxenstierna and ordered him to hurry up supplies from Prussia. Feeling confident that he had secured his landing, by the end of the month, the king sent to Oxenstierna a small portion of his fleet to gather supplies and bring them to his position at the delta of the Oder. 3481: 2225:, successful Swedish diplomat, soldier and Lord Chancellor of Sweden for the entirety of Gustavus reign. He held the appointment of legatus in the Rhineland, with plenipotentiary authority over all German generals and princes in Swedish service. He was the head of on one of the two political parties in Sweden during Gustavus' reign. He was also the head of the Swedish state in the minority of Gustavus' successor. 2862:

and the army that was marching to relieve Kolberg became disorganized. Upon arriving on the eastern side of his new acquisitions, the king assembled his generals, got all the knowledge from them pertaining to the dispositions of the enemy forces, and resolved to attack Garz. The time for wintering his troops was nearing, but he desired to strike a blow to the Catholic cause before taking to camp for the winter.

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the time – had not made significant progress in taking the city. Generals of the time deemed sieges to be difficult and ill-advised. To this effect, Stettin was still in the hands of Bogislaw – having held out against many vigorous assaults. Learning of Gustavus' landing however, the Imperial generals retreated (Savelli southeast of Stralsund further north on the Oder) from the Swedes. Savelli retreated to

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were the most modern of their age, and in the campaigns in Germany the population repeatedly expressed surprise at the extensive nature of the entrenchment and the elaborate nature of the equipment. There was a special corps of miners, but the entire army was drilled in the construction of entrenched positions and in constructing pontoon bridges. The first establishment of a general staff took place.

2588: 2088:. In 1628, the king, passing through the Danish sound, a treaty being previously settled that allowed the Swedes the right to do this, landed again. The Emperor sent some forces to support the Poles in their efforts against Gustavus, and it was only at costly results that the Swedes were able to drive this force back and bring a conclusive settlement with Poland. Sigismund agreed to a 5 years truce. 3088:. He sought a policy of neutrality for much of the Thirty Years' War, but was unable to keep his fiefdom out of the conflict – as Sweden occupied much of Ducal Prussia's coastal regions since 1623. He was one of the German Protestant principals whose distrust was to prove problematical to the Swedes during their campaigns in Germany. His government was largely dominated by his ministers. 3129:

Also, the army had been hard pressed by the previous winter, particularly the cavalry, which had been pushed to the limit. The cavalry of the Swedish force on the whole was not on par with the Imperialists because of this. Conditions had become so bad that the men had started to engage in looting and banditry, which the king addressed by punishing the perpetrators of these actions.

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been established for the first time since the military systems of antiquity. The ability of a disciplined unit of infantry to withstand a charge of cavalry had been clearly established as the result of this battle. Furthermore, smaller more mobile units of artillery that were able to move around a battlefield and train their own cannons (and the enemies) at will was demonstrated.

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the German campaign, as many of them had ties to the German camp as well and divided loyalties could be problematical to Swedish operations. Dueling was forbidden. On one occasion – when two men requested leave to duel – the king attended the duel himself and informed the combatants to fight to the death, and that he had a provost marshal on hand to execute the survivor.

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villages along the way were pillaged and burned. Several Bavarian cities and small towns still have records of their looting or destruction, such as Moosburg, Donauwörth, Indersdorf, Ismaning, Fürstenfeldbruck and Dachau. The Swedes plundered as far south as the monastery in Andechs. as well the Irsee Abbey near Kaufbeuren. Neither army ventured into the Alps.

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consisted of 43,000 Swedes and the rest were recruited from other nations. 3% of the total population of Sweden was therefore designated for the campaign – if the population was divided between males and females evenly – then 8% of the male population was serving in the ranks for the initial campaign – no doubt a heavy burden on the state.

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pressure to any point in the Imperial line more quickly than the Imperials themselves could apply to his line. This was especially important because at the present he did not have as large of a force as the Imperials did. By having this position he would be able to march his troops between both his lines as necessity required.

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Habsburgs. John George, however, was insightful enough to appreciate that neutrality would gain his electorate nothing, and instead sought to erect a third power in Germany in contradistinction to the Habsburgs and Sweden. He was unable to effect this however, and was isolated as a result of his early adherence to Ferdinand.

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left at Landsberg towards Anklam. They had taken this place. In spite of this, the king ignored it, this would have been considered a very bold manoeuvre at the time, but despite the fact that the king had a force that could easily operate on his lines of communication, he continued his advance south. Moving from

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to Wallenstein for his services); to establish a firm connection with the duke of Hesse-Kassel, who was the only prince at the time that had provided support to the Swedish – he was essentially the only wholehearted ally that he had in Germany;, to reach Magdeburg (if at all possible); reach out to the duke of

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in the Warta country between the Landsberg and Küstrin neighborhood. Instructions were left to Horn not to engage the enemy outright, to act strictly on the defensive against a numerically superior enemy and if the opportunity should arise, seek to seize Frankfurt and Landsberg. His reserves were stationed in

2279:) that he assumed to have 100,000 men each. The king was seriously gambling on recruiting more men in Germany. His troops however, were of the highest quality, and once he had gained the confidence of the Protestants by winning battles and seizing important places, he did not doubt that he would receive more. 2699:. Magdeburg was much too far away, and there were large contingents of Imperial troops between the Swedish army and Magdeburg. However, the king sent a colonel, Dietrich von Falkenberg, to the city and ordered him to bring the city into the highest level of defense for an anticipated siege by the Imperials. 3109:– the king's own brother in law – felt that his neutrality had been violated and proved difficult to deal with because of this. In addition to his sister being the Queen of Sweden, George William was the vassal of Gustavus' cousin and most inveterate foe, Sigismund III Vasa, in his capacity as duke of the 2584:

across him and his guard and they were captured. Not knowing who he was though, they did not take due precautions, and his main guard quickly attacked and saved the king. The king was so reckless about his own personal security that this happened on two different occasions during the course of his career.

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Imperials could cross onto Usedom. However, the Imperials retreated from this city too, so confused was the king by this that he warned the general whom he had detailed to take the place, Kagg, that he should be on the alert for a rouse of some kind. Kagg took the city and fortified it without incident.

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With the acquisitions the Swedes had made, they were now up to 25,000 soldiers. Although there was much support for the Swedes in the German countryside, there was also significant enmity to the Swedish cause. During this time there multiple attempts made to assassinate the king by Catholic enthusiasts.

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The new military system of the Swedish king had definitively established itself. The thick, unwieldy Spanish tercio system that prevailed for the past two centuries had been overcome by the superior mobility and flexibility of the Swedish formations. Additionally, the importance of infantry had again

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After several hours of punishment, nearing sunset, the Catholic line finally broke. Tilly and Pappenheim were both wounded, though they escaped. 7,600 Imperial soldiers were killed, and 6,000 were captured. The Saxon artillery was recaptured, along with all the Imperial guns and 120 regimental flags.

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on 15 September, and met with the elector of Saxony and inspected his troops. There were between 16 and 20 thousand troops in the elector's army. They then both returned to the Swedish army and inspected it before holding a council of war. After a number of different plans were discussed, the council

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Tilly opted to retreat at this point, and moved his army south back to Tangermünde. Horn subsequently arrived with 9,000 reinforcements to Rathenow, which caused Tilly, for fear of being taken in flank, to move his army back to Wolmirstedt. Between 5 and 8 August, the day on which Tilly retreated, he

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Tilly, upon receiving the news from Pappenheim, advanced his army south to meet the Swedes. They took up their position at Wolmirstedt, (totaling 27,000 men) north of Magdeburg, and sent out 3 regiments of cavalry to observe what was happening at Werben. The king, by calling in further reinforcements

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He had been ordering parties of his force to issue orders to all the German princelings to hand over various cities and towns of strategic significance and to disband their forces, which they were ostensibly raising to maintain their neutrality. As Protestant Germany had been more outraged then cowed

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to move all available forces to Greifswald and to storm the place. After the Imperialist commander of the garrison was killed in the initial bombardments, the remaining force sent an ambassador to Tott on 25 June and sued for peace. The king commended Tott for his work and promoted him to the rank of

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to strike a decisive blow by taking this city. Strategically, he wanted to ensure that Demmin wasn't taken. Since the Swedes had all the towns that were on the most direct route between Frankfurt and Demmin, he made a circuit to the south. This allowed him to simultaneously move towards his objective

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Having taken Gartz and Greifenburg, which if utilized properly could lead the king, through Prussia and Silesia into Ferdinand's hereditary possessions, the king left Horn with six regiments of infantry and six of cavalry. These were faced towards the Warta river, with orders to keep the enemy pinned

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Despite the advantageous position that the Swedes had acquired, they were still vulnerable. At Wolgast, opposite Usedom, there was an Imperial force preparing to attack the Swedish on Usedom. In addition, there were Imperial camps established at both Garz and Griegenhagen, they also still held Damm –

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On 20 July, after having persuaded Bogislaw that he should be allowed to enter the city (up to this point, there had not been a single Swedish casualty), the Swedes marched into the city. A treaty was concluded between the two powers, which effectively stripped Pomerania of its sovereignty, and other

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In spite of his city being harassed by the Imperials, Bogislaw was focused on maintaining his neutrality in the conflict. Colonel Damitz, who was in charge of the defense of the city, had received orders not to admit the Swedes into the city. If necessary, the duke ordered him to attack the Swedes. A

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Since it had taken so long for the armada to disembark, the stores of food that had been designated for the army upon landing had been largely consumed by the army. Orders were issued that food should be gotten from Stralsund, but even these were not enough. The king, angered by this lack of victual,

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The cost to the Swedish exchequer was in excess of 800,000 rix dollars per year. The king, not knowing of the recalcitrance of his Protestant allies, counted on receiving considerable contributions from them as well once he was on German soil. With the 13,000 men allocated for the German landing, the

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Although many of Sweden's soldiers descended from the ranks of the traditional landed nobility, a new nobility was being established alongside the traditional nobility of the past. The soldier of merit stood in as high standing as any of the Swedish nobles of the day. Sweden was becoming what had not

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and attack the Catholic Bishoprics there – which would allow him to revictual his army at the enemies expense, and avenge the wrongs that had been done to the Protestant's directly. Being in South-Western Germany, he would then be in a position to attack Bavaria – the principle and leading member of

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With the Imperial forces engaged, the Swedish right and centre pivoted on the refused angle, bringing them in line with Horn. Banér's cavalry, under the direct command of Gustavus Adolphus, attacked across the former front to strike the Imperial right and capture their artillery. As Tilly's men came

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which would lead him through the lands attached to the Bohemian crown (a crown which Ferdinand held) directly to Vienna and bring the Habsburgs and the Catholics to terms by compelling them to sign a treaty after occupying Vienna. Despite the advantages of this scenario, for whatever reason the king

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After this siege thought an Imperialist victory, Tilly retreated. He failed to capitalize on his victory. Seeing this, the king continued with his plan toward Frankfurt. However, before advancing towards Frankfurt he was informed that the Imperialists had sent a detachment of the force that had been

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Kolberg had previously fallen, and Gustavus believed that the manoeuvres by Tilly were designed in part to compensate for this loss. Which was indeed a blow to the Imperialist cause. The king moved back to the Oder, thinking that it would draw Tilly away from his advance towards the siege, Stralsund

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However, Tilly was not able to come to the support of his subordinate in time. After two days of sitting before the city, Savelli believed that he could not hold Demmin, and surrendered on condition of his army not serve in Pomerania and Mecklenburg for three months. This city was well stored, as it

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As a result of this manoeuvre Tilly was placed in a difficult position. He wanted to go straight ahead towards Mecklenburg, but if he left only the reserve he had in the Landsberg country (8,000 men), then he feared that Horn would push these reserves out of Landsberg and establish the Swedes on the

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Turning his sights away from Rostock for the time being, the king determined that he must take the Tollense river before progressing. However, before doing this he decided to definitively settle the Kolberg question, and opted, instead of continued observation of the town, to take it. This was so he

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was dismissed. Many of the potentates in Germany were prejudiced against him, because of the license he allowed his troops in their dominions. There was a personal rivalry between him and the Elector of Bavaria which also contributed to this. One historian says, "The anxiety with which Wallenstein's

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Leaving Stettin on 9 September, the king landed at Wolstack. He quickly arrived at Stralsund in anticipation for his advance on Mecklenburg. Although he anticipated reinforcements from Prussia, all that was on hand were the Finns and the Livonians that had been brought up by Horn. In addition, there

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By September 1630, King Gustavus was confident that he had secured himself on the coast of Germany. Desiring to reach out west, he had a number of reasons for doing so: he wanted to restore his cousins to their duchies in Mecklenburg (whose territories had been taken from them by Ferdinand and given

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and Stettin; Kagg's force was based on Usedom (a sort of "link in the chain"); and Knyphausen's force that was based on Stralsund. It was critical that before he advance into the interior, or that Oxenstierna should join him, he should be able to act in concert with all of these bodies and move them

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While no definitive agreement had been brought about with Poland, Gustavus did not contemplate landing in Germany. He wanted to secure his base, Sweden, before he made landing in Germany. He finally settled on bringing the issues with Poland to a conclusion. To this effect, in 1625 he again set sail

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and Ferdinand II were united to him by bonds of marriage. They were also Catholics. Through intermediaries, Sigismund was able to secure a declaration from Philip's government that all Swedish shipping in Spanish ports were legitimate and lawful prizes of the Spanish crown. Additionally, the Swedish

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The severity of discipline was not the only change that took place in the army. Soldiers were to be rewarded for meritorious service. Soldiers who had displayed courage and distinguished themselves in the line of duty were paid generously – in addition to being given pensions. The corps of engineers

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was also introduced into regiments that were known to have committed crimes, including fleeing battle. The rest of the regiment was then disgraced by being ordered to perform menial tasks. Violence towards women was punished with death. Prostitutes were absolutely forbidden from camp – especially in

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The surrounding powers smelled blood, assuming that such a youth could not maintain the gains that the father had won for Sweden. However, Gustavus had first entered the army at the age of 11, and had first-hand knowledge how to govern a kingdom. His training at statecraft had begun at the same age,

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However the act of unseating Ferdinand – the legitimately chosen monarch of Bohemia- put the Bohemian revolt in a difficult position with the other political powers of Germany and Europe. John George I of Saxony refused the election, and discouraged the nascent revolt. In September of the same year,

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The implications of the event were immediately apparent to both sides, who started to seek support from their allies. The Bohemians were friendless, against a powerful monarch of Europe who had many and powerful allies, and who was a scion of one of the most powerful dynasties in Europe who stood to

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On 8 September, Tilly arrived outside of Leipzig and demanded victuals from the capital of the duchy for his army. The elector was not within his capital of the moment, but the subjects of the elector were more willing to fight for his capital than he was. He devastated the entire region outside of

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The Rheingrave's attack was successful, and he managed to take Burgstall and seize all of the baggage. The column led by the king reached Rheindorf to find that Tilly had received news of the two other engagements and prepared his army and got it into line. Despite the fact that there were only 300

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Despite the king's fear of Tilly after his victory, Tilly made no moves to advance on the Swedes and push them back to the sea. He feared moving to the east because of the force that the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William V, was assembling. The landgrave was one of the only ardent supporters of the

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than he had had with George William. John George, who earlier been fearful of the growing power of Brandenburg (and the Hohenzollern's generally), was easily induced to employ his electoral vote in favor of Ferdinand and had been a faithful subordinate of Ferdinand in the Bohemian revolt, not least

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In addition, he did not have pontoon bridges with which he could construct a bridge over the Elbe. All of the boats that were in the Elbe and in the vicinity had been seized by the Imperial armies – and the river Elbe itself is very wide. Given that time was of the essence in relation to the period

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The second course was to march to Magdeburg and relieve the siege taking place there and unite with his real and potential allies in Mecklenburg. Despite the king's inclination, he had promised aid to the besieged city. At the present however, all he had done was send an able officer to oversee the

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Although the king was seriously considering wintering his troops at the present, he himself, as well as Knyphausen, came to believe that Tilly was contemplating a march on Neuruppin in an attempt to relieve the siege that was taking place at Greifswald. As the siege was important and he didn't want

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first, when the Imperial general in command of the city observed the army coming to his position he deemed it to be nothing more than a salvo that was typical of the Swedes to distract him. However, the Swedes camped in a nearby forest, and the next day, on Christmas Day, after a solemn observation

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had brought reinforcements from Finland and Livonia. He left these reserves, as well as the majority of the army stationed at Stettin, under Horn. The king issued him orders that he was to hold the place securely, he assigned him the task of taking Greifswald before the spring and to hold on to the

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from cutting his line. To change this situation, the king ordered Knyphausen to move his army forward in a southwesterly direction towards the Tollense, and Kagg was to follow Knyphausen's movement and simultaneously ensure that Knyphausen's force was not attacked on its northern flank. As the line

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Shortly thereafter, the king received additional reinforcements from Prussia. So bad were the conditions prevailing in Germany at the time, many other men voluntarily enlisted into the Swedish ranks – it was easier for a villager to get food within an army then if he were living in the countryside.

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This is important because he would have a shorter period of time to bring his troops to any given point, and would therefore be able to reinforce any position that was threatened more quickly than the Imperials if they should attack a sector that he had taken. In addition, he would be able to apply

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was the capital of Pomerania, and one of the reasons that it was selected as the capital was because it was centrally located in the duchy. The duchy itself was divided roughly in two by the Oder. It had been under siege by the Imperials for some time but the Imperials – as was common for sieges at

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The king gathered knowledge of the vicinity in which he was to land. He made himself intimately familiar with it. Despite being Protestant, Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, was treating with Ferdinand. Bogislaw was engaging in negotiations with both sides in order to preserve his title to the duchy

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The king called a convocation of the most eminent men of the state, and after arguing his case before them, it was agreed that Sweden should intervene in the pseudo-religious conflict in Germany. It was his belief that after Ferdinand had settled affairs in Germany to his satisfaction, Sweden would

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Numerous constitutional changes were introduced to the government in order to foster concord and cooperation. A system of social hierarchy was introduced, and given form under the "House of Nobles". The purpose of this organ was to give more rigid structure to the already existing social order, and

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Gustavus also settled a number of truces with Sigismund – who agreed to them only because of internal strife within Poland. This respite, which lasted 5 years gave Gustavus a free hand to act against the two other powers which had designs on Swedish land. In 1617, he sought to establish a permanent

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which included religious tolerance and a church for the Bohemian Estate controlled by the Protestant nobility. When the Protestant estates in Bohemia requested even more liberties, Rudolf sent in an army to quiet them. However, Matthias seized his brother at the request of the Protestant Bohemians,

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Although genuine ideological differences did drive German Princes to convert, the primary motivation of many was often the acquisition of easy riches and territory at the expense of their defenceless Catholic neighbours and subjects. Princes would convert on the grounds that they would be empowered

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Clodfelter, p. 40. States that both sides had a combined 250,000 troops in the area in 1632 and that 140,000 of these were on the side of the King of Sweden. The Spanish Empire, allied with the Habsburgs, had over 200,000 troops, but almost none of these were deployed against the Swedish, the bulk

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Unable to take the Danube route to Vienna, Adolphus began a swath of destruction deep into southern Bavaria, all the way to the gates of Munich. Larger cities were spared plundering if tribute of large sums of money was given, (such as Munich, Augsburg, Freising and Landshut). However many smaller

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The battle started in the middle of the day and lasted over six hours. The first two hours consisted of an exchange of artillery fire. This was followed by an Imperial attack with cavalry from both wings to both ends of the Protestant line. The cavalry attack routed the Saxon troops on the Swedish

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The consequences of Tilly's resounding had victory at Magdeburg had been nullified. He had not seized on the moment and taken advantage of his victory to drive the Swedish back into their German held possessions. None of the territorial losses that had been sustained by the Catholic League and the

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Around this time, 8,000 fresh reinforcements arrived from Sweden. 4,000 of these were ordered to the Havel to join the main army. The balance of the force was ordered to march to Mecklenburg to serve under Tott. Tott was to join the king and bring with him an additional 4,000 veterans. During this

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which occasionally was engaged by the Imperialists. He was to take particular care of the bridges at Frankfurt, Landsberg and Schaumberg. The king assured him of relief with forces from the center if matters should become problematical. He was also to recruit forces in this area in order to ensure

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Upon receiving news of the fall of Magdeburg, the king ordered his forces to retreat towards the Oder. As many blamed the king for the fall of Magdeburg, the king released a manifesto blaming John George for the fall of Magdeburg. The king, fearful that Tilly would take advantage of his victory at

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for the campaign that would lead him to the Elbe. This place was also within the realm of George William. The king met with George William and expressed his wish to get both Küstrin and Spandau into his possession. George William denied the request – despite their relations and common cause. After

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With so much success in Pomerania, the estates in the duchy were finally roused to action, and offered their support to the Swedes. 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry were offered to garrison the duchy itself. This was valuable because the Swedes would be able to free up men from garrison duty and

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However, their movement and subsequent attack was repulsed, and they retreated. However, the Imperials were eager to take and relieve the city, and expecting to catch the Swedes off guard, contemplated another move on Kolberg. For whatever reason, during the beginning of this plan it lost impetus,

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could not join their comrades via Greifenhagen and Garz. The king was careful to garrison these cities to ensure that the Imperials at Kolberg should not punch through his line and join their comrades. The king's next objective was Garz, and one day while observing the area an Imperial patrol came

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The king made no formal declaration of war against the Catholic powers. After the attack that had taken place on Stralsund, his ally, he felt that he had sufficient pretext to land without declaring war. He did make attempts to come to an agreement with the Emperor, but these negotiations were not

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percent. Domestic loans were negotiated for 10 percent. The government was required to provide security on these loans – for obvious reasons. Mortgages were taken out on the crown estates, and the revenues derived from those estates also. The government also legislated monopolies on certain goods,

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However, several measures were taken to increase the crowns exchequer. Although the crown had been in debt, including the debt taken on to finance wars by the king's predecessors, the king decided to default on all debts which had not been spoken for by the creditors before 1598. The king's father

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or the "ecclessiastic reservation" provision to the peace of Augburg. Large portions of land which had been secularized by secular German Lords in the intervening period, but were previously ecclesiastical principalities held by prelates, would thereby revert to former catholic lords/prelates. The

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Other reforms were introduced as well, a chaplain was attached to every regiment. Prayers were offered up on every occasion before battle. It is related how strange it was to see in Germany, the marshal of high standing in the military establishment kneeling in their religious observations next to

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The new king was able to bring about conclusive results to the conflicts he had inherited. By 1613 Gustavus had compelled the Danes out of the war after landing on Swedish territory only 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the capital. By 1617 he had forced Russia out of the wars and compelled her to

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was the primary religion of Sweden, and had by then established a firm grip on the country. It was not solely the result of religious sentiment that Sweden converted. Notably, one of the reasons that Sweden had so readily embraced it was because converting to Lutheranism allowed the crown to seize

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This put the king in a difficult position. If he left Magdeburg to its fate, then he would be seen by the Protestant powers of Germany as being unreliable and being unable to support his allies. They were already reluctant enough to support the Swedish and provide manpower and material. If he was

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The Swedish Army under Gustavus Adolphus' successors Gustav Horn and Bernard of Saxe-Weimar would return to Bavaria and capture Regensburg the following year in 1633, only to lose it again to Imperial forces in 1634. But the Swedes were forced to fight the combined Austrian and Spanish forces of

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on the River Lech in April. It was a decisive victory for the Swedes and Count Tilly was mortally wounded. The immediate result of the battle was that Bavaria lay open for occupation by the Swedish army. Adolphus planned to move his forces parallel to the Danube River, moving eastward to capture

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were present – in addition to many other major princes allied to the cause. At this conference, the march on Vienna was discussed extensively. It was here that the plan was laid out. The King, with the principal army, would march through Thuringia, Franconia and Swabia. From here, the army would

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Most importantly though, the Protestant cause had gained confidence in itself, and the Swedish army was inspired by the victories that had taken place. As a result of this victory, it was rumored that Wallenstein was contemplated uniting with the Swedish King. These discussions were taking place

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The king, at this point fed up with the vacillation of George William, finally opted to bring the issue to a head once and for all. He marched to Berlin from Spandau and required the Elector make a new treaty with him. The provisions of this treaty were that the Swedes were to retain Spandau for

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In addition, Pomerania was not meeting the quota of men and resources that it had promised to the Swedes. The money that was supposed to be delivered to the king for the conduct of the war, both from Sweden itself as well as the powers that had promised financial aid, were not coming in on time.

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Demmin was at the confluence of three rivers, and the ground was something of a bog. As it was mid-January significant portions of the area were somewhat frozen, and this aided the Swedish in their siege of the place. Knyphausen, who was at that time stationed at Greifswald and besieging it, was

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who had assured him that he would be received warmly (only if he reached his duchy); and to establish contact with Lübeck and Hamburg. Although this route, with Magdeburg in mind, was indirect, it was the only route he could take without passing through Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of

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declared in favor of the Swedish, drove out the Imperial garrison and called the Swedes to aid the city. This was done without the king's prior knowledge, and there were many objects which the king deemed to be of higher importance than the city of Magdeburg. It is not likely the king would have

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and threaten his throne. In total, there were 76,000 men enlisted in the Swedish service. Of whom, 13,000 were destined to make the initial landing on German soil. These forces were further reinforced by 2,500 men from Sweden, and 2,800 men from Finland once the landing had taken place. The army

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and not likely to be as willing to compromise as his two cousins and predecessors on the Bohemian throne were or had been forced to do by circumstance. Ferdinand had not received his Bohemian throne in a weak position, as Mathias or Rudolf had. Matthias had acceded to the Protestants' demands to

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cause, previously on the verge of defeat, won several major victories and changed the direction of the War. The Habsburg-Catholic coalition, previously in the ascendant, was significantly weakened as a result of the gains the Protestant cause made. It is sometimes considered to be an independent

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that had been ruled by Bohemia until then. However, the aggression of the Habsburgs in Germany towards Protestants, and Protestant princes in possession of secularized lands was undeniable. After the edict of restitution was issued, it was undeniable where Germany was headed in the hands of the

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Given the size and strength of Saxony and Brandenburg, and the problems that they could pose to his lines of communication should he handle them too severely they had to be handled with care and a certain degree of deference. The king had hoped that he would have an easier time dealing with the

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However, despite the fact that it was clear to the king what he wanted to do, it was to prove to be more difficult to bring about. If the king had not yet fully grasped the recalcitrance and distrust that existed among the Protestant German powers towards himself, then he would develop a proper

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Although the Protestants had initially had some successes, the Emperor commanded all of Germany with the exception of some of the free towns on the North German coast. Including France at this time, there was no concert of action between the Protestant/Anti-Habsburg alliance. This lack of unity

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This period of peace with Poland benefited Sweden much, and Gustavus employed it advantageously. He established a military system that was to become the envy of Europe. He drew up a new military code. The new improvements to Sweden's military order even pervaded the state by fueling fundamental

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In the wake of the Swedish victory, there could be no more reticence to join the Protestant cause for fear of imperial retribution. The King who had come out of Scandinavia had proven his ability to successfully fight pitched battles, and take strong places from the Emperor's forces. Since the

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After embassies and letters were exchanged between John George and the King, some of the former were just ignored, John George refused him access to his territories. John George had 40,000 men at his disposal, and these could be brought to bear against the Swedish should they not handle Saxony

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The king did not only desire to tighten his grip in the area he had landed in, but he also wanted to join hands with Oxenstierna. Oxenstierna had a large force on hand in Prussia which the king wanted to bring into the conflict in Germany (Prussia, being a fief of Poland at the time). The king

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Although Sweden lacked many qualities that great powers of the era had: in addition to having the best military force of her day, it also had the most efficiently governed monarchy of Europe. Even there however, there were deficits. Sweden's annual revenues only amounted to 12 million rix

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Immediately to the North, on 10 September the King finally secured the long desired treaty from John George. All defiles were to be open to the King and were to be closed to the imperialists. The King agreed to drive the Emperor's forces from Saxony and stand by the Elector to the last. After

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of religious traditions was observed, the attack was begun. A breach was made in the Greifenhagen fortifications, and the king in person led the first assault. After this place was successfully assaulted, the Imperial troops here started to retreat towards their comrades in Western Pomerania.

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In addition to the financial difficulties, there were other difficulties confronting Sweden in its race to become one of the pre‑eminent economic and military powers of Europe. Only a million and a half people were living in the country at the time. As a result of this, as his campaign

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It was regularly maintained by both religious parties that the other regularly encroached on the spirit or the letter of the Peace of Augsburg. Indeed, it was understood by Protestants that Catholic officials (especially imperial or church officials) were vicious and jealous of the privileges

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Reinforcements came to Tilly from Italy. While on their march from Italy, the reinforcements compelled the princelings to submit to the emperor, using the threat of major fines to force them to enlist their troops in the service of the Imperial cause. The recently defeated Tilly, fearing the

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The next city on his programme was Anklam. Savelli had stationed himself there upon the Swedish landing. The city was on the opposite side of Usedom, and although there were no bridges between it and Usedom, it still posed a significant threat. it would easily serve as a place from which the

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In pursuit of this general scheme, Baner was ordered to leave a garrison in Landsburg, to surrender Frankfort and Crossen to the elector of Brandenburg and to assume command of the Saxon units when they should be in a suitable condition to fight – which their recent precipitous retreat from

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was rewarded with the command, but a large part of the Imperial army, being mercenaries as they were, had been under contract to Wallenstein personally, rather than to the Emperor. As a result of this, upon the dismissal of Wallenstein the mercenaries that were under contract to Wallenstein

2617:, but establishing a connection with Prussia and Oxenstierna would have to wait. Despite his good position, being in between the Imperials as he was, his army was spread out in three separate bodies that could not support each other except by sea; under the king was the force stationed at 2001:

Gustavus had as yet no‑one to succeed him in the case of his untimely death, and his brother, the current heir to the Swedish throne, died in early 1622. Sigismund saw an opportunity in this for his claims on the Swedish throne. He had no navy to invade Sweden with, but was eyeing

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by the sack of Magdeburg, in reality these forces were being raised to defend themselves against clear Imperial aggression and maintain their rights as independent princes of their principalities. From his march from Magdeburg, Tilly progressed north towards Hesse–Kassel and seized

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he divided the 4,000 man force into three columns. The first column; under the rheingrave was ordered to attack Burgstall; the second column was to attack Angern; the king marched with the third column, which was in between the two other forces and was marching towards Rheindorf.

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also pledged their support. However, even once the Swedes were in Germany they expressed a great deal of reluctance and had to be constantly cajoled and browbeaten into contributing their resources to the cause. The only ardent supporters of the Protestant cause were the dukes of

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progressed in Germany, he came to increasingly rely on German mercenaries. Although these German mercenaries were well known for their atrocious conduct towards the local population, under the Swedish military system they were later brought to the Swedish standard of discipline.

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While en route, the John George made it clear that he would resist either side that opted to march through his territory. Tilly, who feared that Saxony would soon join the Swedish cause, as the Protestant powers had been more outraged by the sack of Magdeburg than cowed.

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in a rate of fire of three to five volleys to one Imperial volley. Gustavus had lightened his artillery park, and each colonel had four highly mobile, rapid firing, copper-cast three pounders, the cream of Sweden's metallurgical industry. When the artillery fire ceased,

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was spread out as it was, with a somewhat weighted right flank, it would ensure that the Imperials could not support each other, as the original units would be forced to hold their position or risk losing their positions in their attempt to save another fortified place.

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Tilly wanted to prevent his forces from being surrounded from the West by Hesse–Kassel and the Swedish in the East. Consequently, Tilly marched north with 17,500 infantry, 7,000 horses, and 28 guns. While en route he received 9,000 infantrymen and 2,000 horse from the

3113:. George William's father had paid homage to Sigismund, and he would later do fealty to his son. An illustration of the complicated international relations that typified the period, which were further complicated by the personal relationships of the rulers themselves. 2657:

on to Klempenow. As there were only 100 men stationed in the city, it fell. Only one officer and six men surrendered. Seeking to tighten his grip on the Tollense region, as having been driven out of Greifswald, it was effectively his new line; he garrisoned Klempenow,

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be next on his programme. There were several pretexts for landing in Germany as well. The Habsburgs had actively aided the Poles in their conflict with Sweden – although the two were at peace with each other. In addition to this the conference that had taken place at

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allow Protestant religious facilities to be constructed on Bohemian crown lands. Ferdinand was to reverse the construction of many of these facilities on his ascension to the Bohemian crown, and when the Bohemian estates protested, he dissolved the Bohemian assembly.

2124:, deemed by many to be the first military innovator of the modern military era. By the age of 35 he was elevated to the rank of field marshal – by the king's own hand on the field of battle. Horn was one of the king's principle lieutenants during the German Invasion. 3303:

and four regiments from the Spanish Netherlands (which were in possession of the primary branch of the Habsburgs). In addition to this, there were 25,000 men in Italy marching towards Germany, but these were seriously delayed and only reached the Elbe a year later.

2682:. Knyphausen and Oxenstierna were entrusted with the task of establishing a land route between Prussia and Swedish occupied Pomerania. Meanwhile, being August as it was, the king was contemplating the establishment of winter quarters. However, the Administrator of 1616:

was an obstinate and stubborn monarch. His policies forced him into an increasingly weak position with his heterogenous subjects, his court and his family. Forced to make concession to his Hungarian subjects in order to appease them for his indecisive war with the

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would be necessary to take. Wismar was especially important because it allowed him to incorporate more of the Baltic sea within his control, and would allow him to exclude inimical fleets from the Baltic by preventing them from having a place to land to resupply.

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opposite of Stettin – and as long as this city was in Imperial hands the possession of Stettin was not an established fact. On 22 July, the king ordered a squadron to capture this city. After taking it, the king ordered Damitz – the colonel of Bogislaw – to take

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The combined Swedish-Saxon forces were to the north of Leipzig centred around hamlet of Podelwitz, facing southwest toward Breitenfeld and Leipzig. The battle began around mid-day, with a two-hour exchange of artillery fire, during which the Swedes demonstrated

1573:. The Roman Catholic Church did everything in its power to sow controversy and intrigue between the two major Protestant factions. As a result, there was no political unity of German Protestant states that could coordinate actions against a Catholic interloper. 3378:. Erfurt purchased its safety by paying Tilly. Tilly sent embassies to the landgrave of Hesse–Kassel ordering him to disband his forces, 6,000 of which were stationed in strongly placed cities. William refused Tilly' s order and assembled his forces at Kassel. 3445:

Habsburgs and been compensated. Despite the strategic drawback and moral consequences that the Swedes faced with the fall Magdeburg, they had increased their grip on Germany and had achieved one of their primary objectives, securing the southern Baltic coast.

3386:. These soldiers arrived on the Peene, instead of on the Weser, as had been expected. The king ordered them to march to Horn who was to distribute 4,000 of his total force along the Oder line. Horn himself was to bring the rest of his force to join the king. 2609:(to the west of Stralsund) were also taken without incident. Wolgast was besieged, and although the garrison gave up the city to the Swedes they held out in the citadel of the city. This garrison hung onto the citadel until 16 August. Treptow was also taken. 2077:, 12 former or current bishoprics and hundreds of religious holdings in the German states would thereby revert to Catholic control. The edict also allowed for the forcible conversion of Protestants to Catholicism, a direct violation of the Peace of Augsburg. 1993:

Gustavus could not persuade the Polish king to a permanent peace of any sort, but Sigismund concluded a truce and granted the section of Livonia that the Swedes had already captured as a guarantee of the truce. Accepting these terms, Gustavus returned to

1844:(a.k.a. supply depots) was brought up to an efficiency unknown in the period. The baggage of soldiers and officers alike – for the speed of movement – was restricted significantly. Garrison duty was required by everyone alike, there were no exceptions. 8013:

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The Protestants understood and accepted as an article of faith that they would have to unite against the Roman Catholic Church to preserve themselves against Catholic encroachment and eventual Catholic hegemony. However, the Protestants were divided.

3906:, but failed to break through. The siege ended after several weeks when the Swedes broke out of Nuremberg and fled north. Because both sides were suffering from lack of food and from disease, Wallenstein was unable to pursue the retreating Swedes. 1928:

with 158 ships, and proceeded to besiege the city. The city itself was not favorable to the Poles, as they were not Catholic. In addition to this difficulty that the Poles faced, Sigismund's attention was focused on his southern borders, where the

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to counterattack at an advantage. The same tactics worked an hour or so later when the imperial cavalry charged the Swedish left flank. Following the rebuff of the seventh assault, General Banér sallied forth with both his light (Finnish and

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Meanwhile, stationed at Pasua and Elbing (to the far east), Oxenstierna was seeking to move towards the king. The cities that were critical to establishing a land route between the two armies was Kolberg (occupied by the Imperials) and

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During this peace, which was to last until 1625, the king worked further in reforming Sweden's military establishment, among which a regular army of 80,000 was settled upon, in addition to an equally great force for the National Guard.

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The king drew in the 5,000 soldiers that he had garrisoned in Stralsund and assembled the rest of his forces and brought them up to a total of 74 companies. By 18 July, he had assembled this force and the next day he set out from the

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field marshal, who then advanced into Mecklenburg and reinstated the dukes whose duchies had been taken from them by the Imperialists. These too, however were to prove recalcitrant allies and were slow to provide aid to the Swedish.

1545:. Additionally, it permitted subjects of a different religion to peaceably move to land where their practices would be recognized and respected. There were also clauses in relation to ecclesiastical lords. When prelates who ruled an 3842:

and take the fortified cities of Ingolstadt, Regensburg, and Passau – so that the Swedes would have a clear path to threaten Vienna and the Emperor. However these fortified cities on the Danube were too strong for Adolphus to take.

2183:, France's de facto prime minister, did not desire to openly declare against Catholicism, only offered monetary contributions. However, France refused Gustavus' demands for contributions. He demanded a lump sum upfront, and 600,000 2353:

Three days of public fasting and prayer were declared in order to ensure the success of the landing. The king made the final arrangements for the government of his kingdom. First of all he ensured that his three-year-old daughter,

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in November 1632. In a pitched battle, the Swedish army defeated Wallenstein's forces, but King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, the 'father of modern warfare', was killed during a confused cavalry charge which he had personally led.

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and were driven back, repeating the maneuver six more times to little effect. The small companies of musketeers dispersed between the squadrons of horse fired a salvo at point blank range, disrupting the charge of the Imperialist

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were introduced and empowered to execute any soldier on the spot who resisted orders. All criminal trials concerning criminality and treason, were required to be tried outside, within the full view of a circle of fellow soldiers.

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road between Stralsund and Stettin. If the Imperials were to march on him directly with a numerically superior force, he was to abandon the project of Greifswald and protect the Stettin–Stralsund line and march towards the king.

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respectfully. He was therefore in a difficult position, and as he deemed it more important to do everything in his power to ensure that Saxony did not join the Imperials, he did not make the march through Saxony towards Dessau.

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back into military service to try to stop Adolphus' rampage of Bavaria. Wallenstein raised a fresh army within a few weeks and marched through northern Bohemia, and then into northern Bavaria to cut off Adolphus' supply line.

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and either collected profits through conducting industry outright through government agents, or through agents who were prescribed to provide the government with certain returns on their exchanges. Salt, copper and later the

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had published an edict in this year which stated all creditors should make their claims on the government known at the risk of forfeiture and proscription. New loans were negotiated from Dutch Republic at the rate of 6

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only releasing him once he abdicated his Bohemian crown to Matthias. Rudolf II died a couple of months later in 1611, at which point his brother Matthias acquired the rest of his titles, including that of Holy Roman Emperor.

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was a solid victory for the Protestant cause. On the fifth the king continued his advance. He marched towards Landsberg after driving Imperialist cavalry attachments which were placed in the country surrounding Landsberg.

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to lighten up the impetus of the siege taking place, he ordered Horn to march towards Friedland in order to ensure the Knyphausen did not have to move troops away from the siege to prevent Tilly from reaching Greifswald.

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were controlled by the government for these exact ends. On the whole, the system of taxation was aggressive, and caused internal turmoil within the kingdom. Taxation improved, leading to an increase in realized revenues.

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The next day the king marched his army towards Garz, in preparation for battle in battle order, but the Imperials soon retreated. They moved to the south in a southeasterly direction, certain units were detailed to hold

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near Augsburg. After Holzappel's death and the retreat of his army, the Swedes would devastate Bavaria again, capturing Freising and Landshut on the Isar. They would only start to retreat after unsuccessful assaults on

2886:. The king sent units towards these cities to prevent the retreat of the Imperials, but Landsberg the king deemed to be too strong to assault. Satisfied with this victory, his army marched back to Neumark Konigsburg. 1420:

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Seeing the danger, Adolphus moved his army north to confront Wallenstein. Discovering that he was outnumbered, Adolphus ordered a tactical retreat into the fortified city of Nuremberg. Wallenstein's army immediately

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delta and treat with each of the cities in the vicinity to gain firm grip on the country before making any inroads into the interior of Germany. His plan, once he had established himself, was to march up the Oder.

1917:, which was actively opposed to Spain at the time. With such supporters, and such measures taken in support of Sigismund's claim, it would be difficult indeed to procure a long-term agreement to cease hostilities. 2869:. There were also troops on the left (western) bank that were kept in constant communication with the main army via the naval force that was to keep the two armies in communication with each other. Moving towards 8069:

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men on hand with the king, the king lead a charge right into the regiment and smashed it. At one point, the king had driven his horse into the action and was surrounded. His life was saved by a loyal captain.

1469: – essentially revoking the Edict of Restitution – while France directly intervened against him to prevent the Habsburg dynasty from gaining too much power at its eastern border. 3255:

Horn was trusted with the left, but he had only 1,500 men to hold it. After the victory at Magdeburg, forces were gathered in Silesia to march up the Oder and attack the Swedish left. There was an outpost at

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was making inroads into his kingdom. Embarrassed as he was by this difficulty, he could not relieve the siege taking place. After four weeks, the siege was concluded after the garrison surrendered the city.

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Calculations were made for furnishing a ton and a half (24 million grains; 1,500 kilograms) of powder per regiment per month, and about fifty cartridges per man. A regiment was about 800–1200 men.

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of Sweden – the uncle of Sigisimund – also a Vasa, was awarded the throne, in part because he was an ardent Lutheran. Soon after, Sweden became engaged in wars with the

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In Tangermünde, Tilly informed the Hessians that they must submit to Imperial rule and disarm. He ordered his soldiers to act in a heavy handed manner, and after encountering stiff resistance from

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via Küstrin, ordered that the bridge that which was situated in Küstrin (which would allow armies to march over the Oder) be destroyed. Küstrin was a part of the Electorate of Brandenburg, and the

1523:. It originated in the co-mingling of politics and religion that was common in Europe at the time. Its distal causes reside in the previous century, at the political-religious settlement of the 7587:

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With the recent string of victories, the left flank (eastern flank) of the army was secure. There were two courses of action available to the king at this time; The first, was to march through

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Having concentrated his forces on the Havel, the king made his move to the Elbe. With 7,000 men of the line and 3,000 horse, he proceeded from Brandenburg towards Burg. The king moved towards

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1611–1632 a.k.a. "The Snow King". It was on his initiative that Sweden became one of the principal powers of Europe. He is often regarded as one of the great military commanders of all time.

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and served as a tutor to the king prior to his coronation. He was the leader of one of the two political interest groups during Gustavus' reign and often dispatched on diplomatic missions.

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the private. Crimes such as thievery, insubordination and cowardice were brought before a tribunal that was overseen by a regimental commander. The last appeal was brought before the king.

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dollars per year. This situation was ameliorated as the king's reign went on by increasing imposts, and the reversion of lucrative fiefdoms back to the crown on the passage of its holder.

2057:. This resulted in the treaty of Lubeck and the expulsion of any major Protestant combatant from the German theatre. All of Germany was effectively in the hands of the Holy Roman Emperor. 7853: 3428:. He opted to concentrate his cavalry here. After sending out a party to reconnoitre the enemies position; he moved his forces up on the night of 1 August. Before reaching a place called 3570:. On the 17th, the Allied army left Wolkau and after marching an hour and a half, marching in line of battle, they encountered the Imperialist vanguard in the plain in front of Leipzig. 725: 2978:. As the Havel was behind him, he had achieved one of his objectives, that of keeping Magdeburg safe. However, from this position he now marched north in order to help relieve Demmin. 1900:– such claims were of dubious legality but were common in Europe. They were constantly employed by monarchs to justify their attempts to acquire more land. Later in the 17th century, 1697:, a coalition of German Protestant states formed to give a politico-military unity to the divided German Protestants. The Elector of Saxony's refusal of the Bohemian crown made the 2784:. While here the king learned that there was an army assembling at Demmnitz in the east. This worried the king, and as a result of which he abandoned his scheme of taking Rostock. 2563:

The king then ordered that the defenses to Stettin be improved. All of the people of the city as well as villagers were rounded up and the defensive works were quickly completed.

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Dispositions of Imperial armies. Stettin is situated between the two cities the catholic powers had retreated to. By taking this city, the Swedes would gain an important advantage

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encouraged such a move if he had been consulted about it. The king still wanted to march to the Elbe, take possession of the duchy of Mecklenburg and engage in negotiations with

1725:– a traditional enemy of the Pope – sent letters to Frederick informing him that they would not offer him assistance if he accepted the Bohemian crown – but nonetheless, he did. 4946: 886: 7776:

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in an attempt to starve the Swedes out. In a desperate attempt to break the deadlock, Adolphus attacked the entrenchments of Wallenstein's imperial army in the late-August

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It was with this military establishment that the Swedes were to bring about a conclusive end to the wars with Poland as well as land in and have so much success in Germany.

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in Germany and allowed Dukes and high lords to determine the faith of their fiefdom as well as to expel non-conforming subjects from their territory, the principle known as

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With Magdeburg in particular in the back of his mind, in order to move towards his potential and actual allies, without invading Saxony and Brandenburg, the king saw that

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determined to bring battle to Tilly – the Elector was particularly eager to rid himself of the rapacious imperial army. The Allied army left on the 16th from Düben to

2179:– feared Ferdinand II and the increasing resources that he could bring to bear. France was in favor of Swedish intervention, but because France was also Catholic, and 2041:

effectively underbid him, support was provided to him. The sum of the Danes' effort was although they achieved some initial inroads into Roman Catholic territory, the

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in Würzburg on 18 October 1631. The fortress was held by the Swedish and their allies until 1635. Aldolfus also captured Frankfurt am Main and Mainz by winter 1631.

3783:. The plan to march into South-Western Germany aroused intense arguments. Even Richelieu, the principal financial backer of the Swedish Campaign, was opposed to it. 3093:

appreciation of the situation in short order. After the taking of Landsberg and Frankfurt, the king, anticipating that Tilly would advance towards these places from

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During the charges of the Cuirassiers, Tilly's infantry had remained stationary, but then the cavalry on his right charged the Saxon cavalry and routed it towards

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Gustavus Adolphus had been well informed of the war for some time, but his hands were tied because of the constant enmity of Poland. The Polish royal family, the

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Breitenfeld revealed to be greatly wanting. His overall orders were to capture Magdeburg, and secure the western front all imperialist forces and to hold it.

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when later that year his father permitted him to sit in on meetings of the council of state. The neighbouring powers had not assessed the new king accurately.

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Magdeburg, took a number of measures to secure his possessions on the Oder. First of all he ordered Horn to reconstruct the bridge that had been destroyed at

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had the power to relieve members of his flock of the most solemn oaths, and it was a matter of principle among Catholics that faith was never to be kept with

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when Sigismund proposed another truce. He did not have the resources necessary to engage in war simultaneously in the northwest and the south of his kingdom.

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with the hard-to-aim pistols or carbines, forcing Pappenheim and his cavalry quit the field in disarray, retreating 24 kilometres (15 mi) northwest to

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that his forces were of sufficient strength to hold the flank. Shortly thereafter he received orders to march to Crossen and establish a strong camp there.

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early in life and served the Habsburg monarchy with distinction. He was the most able general the Catholic side produced during the course of the conflict.

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The king also ordered the following dispositions to be taken by the army. Banér was entrusted with the center; his forces were stationed at Brandenburg,

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There were also considerable reserves, already encamped in certain parts of eastern Germany. There were 6,000 men distributed between the island of

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the city, and demanded rations and quarters for his army. He was again refused. Trenches were opened by the Imperials, heavy guns were placed at

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informing the king of his goodwill and offered an auxiliary force. The king refused the force but thanked the Tsar for his friendly disposition.

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in 1634 threatened continuing Swedish participation in the war. In consequence, the Emperor made peace with most of his German opponents in the

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Swedish, and it had previously been the intention of the king to meet the landgrave via northern Mecklenburg and join their respective forces.

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sought to crush the budding Protestant ideology with the backing of his vast dominions. He was unable to compel the Lutherans to return to the

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Many of these towns and villages would succumb to famine and disease about a year later decimating the population of Bavaria all the more.

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Magdeburg was at this point in a desperate position. Although initially there had been only 6,000 Imperial forces observing the town under

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privileges. Some of these treaty stipulations would be violated on various occasions, as was the case with Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg,

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was sickness in the camp. Every sixth man was sick in this force that was to invade Mecklenburg From here he set sail in the direction of

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the most senior Protestant available to the Bohemians. In addition to being a Protestant, albeit a Calvinist, Frederick V was married to

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through force, and was obliged to guarantee that every prince in the Holy Roman Empire was allowed to determine the faith of his fiefdom.

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The Swedes would appear one more time in Bavaria in May 1648 combined with the French army to attack the Imperials and Bavarians under

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acquired by the Protestants and would do anything in their power to harm the Protestant cause. It was established by practice that the

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to Stettin. He was squarely between Savelli and Conti, and once he was able to acquire the city, he would have established himself on

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and Conti retreated to Gartz and Greifenhagen (holding both banks of the Oder). Gustavus left Colonel Leslie in command of Wollin and

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good, the Swedish should be allowed to march through Küstrin at will, and were to receive 30,000 thalers a month from the Elector.

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was the immediate trigger for the Thirty Years' War. In May 1618, the three estates of the dissolved Bohemian assembly gathered in

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taken, a small town outside of Stralsund, and despite fierce fighting the place was taken and the town was burned to the ground.

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construction of the defensive fortifications, train the local militia and oversee the defense itself once the siege commenced.

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bring them into the field. In the face of the Imperial armies, and their sheer size, this was a sorely needed acquisition.

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After two days, the king took 1,200 musketeers and a force of cavalry with him. He moved this force to the region opposite

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being stationed in either the Iberian peninsula and Italy to guard against insurrections and French incursions, or in the

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Andechs – Kloster- und Wallfahrtskirche auf dem Heiligen Berg am Ammersee. Schnell & Steiner, München, Zürich, 1939.

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As soon as the battle was clearly won, the King dismounted, and knelt on the battlefield and prayed thanks for victory.

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He started to march into Poland proper – as the Lithuanian–Polish commonwealth was significantly larger than modern

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abandoned the Swedish cause early on in the war, and joined the Catholics after hearing of Sweden's defeat in the

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to seize precious land and property from the Roman Catholic Church, and turn that wealth to their own enrichment.

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Arriving in front of Frankfurt on 3 April 1631, a breach was made, and from this breach the city was taken. This

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The Thirty Years' War arose out of a regional dispute between Bohemian Protestants and their Habsburg monarchs.

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Les relations entre la France et les villes hanséatiques de Hambourg, Brême et Lübeck (Moyen-Âge – XIXe siècle)

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During this time, irregular support had been provided by the Protestant (and non-Protestant) powers of Europe (

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Arriving near Leipzig two days later, he order John George to supply his army with supplies, aid and victual.

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seen in this light by the Protestant powers, then they would be even more inclined to withhold their support.

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so that he might retreat across it if necessary; secondly, he ordered that Frankfurt be strongly fortified.

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However, a turn of events took place that would aide the Swedish further. A congress had been in session at

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were also taken. A number of other cities were taken in order to ensure that the Imperial force that was at

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and the Protestant powers of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century. It established the legitimacy of

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intervention of Swedish reinforcements from the right (eastern) bank of the Elbe, had placed himself at

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to Stettin, crossed there and accumulated 12,000 men. From Stettin he marched through Germany towards

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peace with Poland. However, all advances by Sweden for a permanent peace were rejected by Sigismund.

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and counter-attacked before the Imperial tercios could regroup and change face towards the Swedes.

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Savelli was still at Greifswald, and when he learned of the occupation by a small Swedish unit at

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charged without orders, attempting to turn the Swedish right. Instead, their attack fell between

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Gustavus Adolfus began his new campaign into northern Bavaria by attacking the fortress city of

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The position of the Imperialist and Swedish armies after the capture of Landsberg and Frankfurt

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Imperial movements in their approach to Leipzig. They devastated the region on their approach.

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had lost 6,000 men, in addition to desertions that took place after the defeat at Rheindorf.

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at the time, and with this city in his power he figured that he could construct a fleet. The

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and other forms of favoritism were unknown in the Swedish army. In addition, the system of

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the Protestant Union met and called on Frederick not to intervene in the conflict. The

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were all taken. All that was left as a result of this advance was Rostock, Wismar and

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held to articles of faith that were mutually exclusive with the articles espoused by

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to intervene in favor of the German Protestants. Although he was killed in battle at

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to the Swedish throne – which indeed it had once held. However, when

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As a result of his inability to bring the Polish king to some sort of arrangement,

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An artistic rendition of the sort of atrocities that were taking place in Germany.

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inherit the entirety of the Emperor's dominions. The Bohemians made offers to the

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of time that Magdeburg could hold out and the deficiencies of the other routes,

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in 1648 in which the Emperor was forced to accept the "German liberties" of the

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for the last six months, and one of the consequences of this Congress was that

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The government refrained from the debilitating but common practice in Europe,

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from his lieutenants to the east and north, was able to assemble 16,000 men.

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An Imperialist party, which seems to have lost its way, was seen outside of

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George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia. His sister was the

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invaded Bavaria, with an army of Swedish soldiers and German mercenaries.

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march into Bavaria on the exposed Western Flank. Tilly's army was on the

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under fire from their own captured batteries, the Swedish cannon, under

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fiefdom converted, the expectation was placed upon them to resign their

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While the king was establishing plans for his advance at Stettin, the

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The army moved mostly down the right (east) bank of the Oder towards

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The neighborhood that was being campaigned in at the time. Including

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did nothing more than pledge to exchange silver for Swedish copper.

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Tilly ordered his infantry to march ahead diagonally to the right,

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The Duchy of Pomerania before its incorporation into Sweden in 1637

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and the city of Stralsund, both of which were under the command of

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and Landsberg, in order to ensure that they were not cut off from

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the king moved his force south towards Frankfurt along the Oder.

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from 1619 to 1637. He inherited the 30 years war from his cousin

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On the 15th, the king positioned his army outside of Landsberg.

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on Usedom. Both of them were left under the command of General

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The Holy Roman Empire on the eve of the war's outbreak in 1618.

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While Adolphus occupied Munich in May, the Holy Roman Emperor

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While the king was at Jerichow, Pappenheim was personally at

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Banér had been busy securing the Spree–Havel line, and took

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Most of Sweden's German allies making peace with the Emperor

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would be signed a few days later, ending the 30-Years-War.

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and seized two imperial governors appointed by Ferdinand,

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because the emperor had granted him the rich province of

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broke out again and the Swedish landed near the city of

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to be close to Hesse–Kassel, Saxony, and Brandenburg.

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Ferdinand, confident at the turn of events issued the

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line and the Swedish reserves. They attacked with a

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They also sought admission into the 1472:Sweden was able to fight on until the 521:110,000 pro-Imperial troops in Germany 514:~115,000 German allies and mercenaries 8365:(2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. 8322: 8294: 8273:. New York: Oxford University Press. 8266: 8146: 8063: 8006: 7952:from the original on 25 December 2018 7939: 7575: 7549: 7537: 7525: 7510: 7489: 7474: 7462: 7445: 7406: 7376: 7361: 7349: 7337: 7316: 7295: 7276: 7257: 7236: 7213: 7201: 7184: 7165: 7148: 7127: 7112: 7087: 7044: 7017: 6994: 6979: 6952: 6937: 6925: 6910: 6891: 6876: 6864: 6843: 6828: 6813: 6794: 6775: 6758: 6746: 6731: 6706: 6683: 6666: 6619: 6600: 6514: 6489: 6472: 6441: 6429: 6412: 6400: 6375: 6346: 6311: 6270: 6239: 6188: 6142: 6125: 6113: 6068: 5960: 5937: 5901: 5880: 5868: 5794: 5782: 5763: 5685: 5673: 5661: 5649: 5616: 5593: 5564: 5543: 5465: 5446: 5434: 5422: 5410: 5069:Pomerania during the Early Modern Age 2825: 2794:. Born a Protestant, he converted to 2449: 1531:. 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His army conquered the 1705:and was thereby a son-in-law of the 534:80,760 killed, captured and deserted 531:86,300 killed, captured and deserted 504:33,000 German allies and mercenaries 8298:The Art of War in the Western World 8270:The Art of War in the Western World 7598:"Battle of the Lech, 15 April 1632" 5102: 2092:Preparations for the German landing 13: 8449:Invasions of the Holy Roman Empire 8379:from the original on 17 April 2023 8346:from the original on 17 April 2023 8134:from the original on 17 April 2023 8097:from the original on 17 April 2023 7983:from the original on 17 April 2023 7886:from the original on 17 April 2023 5810:DuBois, Marc (30 September 2015). 5178:, so the reichsthaler was 25.97914 4296:Sunk during maiden voyage in 1628 3740:by Swedish troops in February 1632 3400:Advance of the Swedes to the Elbe. 511:25,000 Swedes and Finns in Germany 14: 8470: 8254:from the original on 17 June 2016 8077:Helmolt, Hans Ferdinand (1903) . 7971:Frey, regine Kahl und Christoph. 7856:from the original on 14 July 2019 7826:from the original on 14 July 2019 7608:from the original on 14 July 2019 5826:from the original on 3 April 2016 3865:recalled his old military leader 3770:in addition to a conference. The 3530:on 4 September, and proceeded to 1755:was elected by the nobles of the 1511:was a religious conflict between 937:Swedish-French Period (1635–1648) 8216:(in French). P.I.E. Peter Lang. 7970: 7964: 7940:Stark, Florian (12 March 2018). 7933: 7924: 7898: 7868: 7838: 7807: 7798: 7779: 7770: 7761: 7752: 7743: 7734: 7718: 7709: 7700: 7683: 7665: 7656: 7639: 7620: 7590: 7581: 7555: 7430: 7421: 7412: 7391: 7382: 5347:History of the Thirty Years' War 3958:and on the Bavarian defenses at 3883:Historis oft waerachtich verhael 3852:Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 3824:King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden 3456: 3288:Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 3169:John George I, Elector of Saxony 3016: 2892: 2837: 2751: 2535: 2496: 2406: 2364: 2315:taken seriously by either side. 2290: 808:Swedish intervention (1630–1635) 467: 455: 444: 425: 414: 403: 384: 365: 352: 340: 329: 318: 307: 296: 285: 274: 263: 244: 224: 212: 198: 183: 166: 155: 141: 125: 113: 37: 8401:. Lexington, Mass: D.C. Heath. 7880:www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de 5816:Grand Valley Journal of History 5244: 5235: 5208: 2990:Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder 2662:and Demmin. He also garrisoned 2156:Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania 1955:. He was the son-in-law of the 1604: 1597: 756:Danish intervention (1625–1629) 636:Palatinate campaign (1620–1623) 8212:; Richefort, Isabelle (2006). 8049:. Cambridge University Press. 5308: 5299: 5087: 3814:with cannonade over the river 2706: 2283:The landing: Wollin and Usedom 1757:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1655:Third Defenestration of Prague 491:13,000 men landing in Germany 1: 5263: 3970:Swedish strength and matériel 2967:Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria 1942:Frederick V, Elector Palatine 1922:war between Sweden and Poland 1675:Jaroslav Borzita of Martinice 1614:Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1555:Archbishop-Elector of Cologne 1533:Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1437:on the height of his and the 502:24,600 men garrisoning Sweden 8237:History of Gustavus Adolphus 5344:Schiller, Frederick (1846). 5282:Schmidt & Richefort 2006 4275:Captured from Denmark, 1644 4235:Captured from Denmark, 1644 4216:Captured from Denmark, 1644 4031:Captured by Denmark in 1677 4010:Shipwrecked in 1654 or 1655 3605:Swedish-Saxon forces in Blue 3580:Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) 3347:while he was busy doing so. 3252:was to be the headquarters. 2916: 1594:Habsburg-controlled domains: 7: 8240:. New York: Putnam's Sons. 8170:Oakley, Stewart P. (1992). 8118:Military history of Hungary 5057: 3926:assisted by their deputies 3802:Swedish invasion of Bavaria 3727: 3424:The king personally was at 3403:Counter march not depicted. 3215: 1998:in the later part of 1621. 1953:League of Evangelical Union 1951:1619–1620, and head of the 1787:Gustavus Adolphus' father, 588:Bohemian Revolt (1618–1620) 10: 8475: 8439:Military history of Sweden 7999: 7876:"Bayerische Staatszeitung" 7820:www.deutsche-biographie.de 3924:Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand 3577: 3405:English reinforcements in 3366:in June. He also captured 2383:Rivers and duchies of the 2335:Gustavus Adolphus' landing 2318:The capital of Pomerania, 2275:and the other being under 1889: 1815:cede territory to Sweden. 1727: 451:Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand 8359:Parker, Geoffrey (1997). 8113:Magyarország hadtörténete 5217:is a granular mixture of 5029:Spanish-Imperial victory 3140:– near the border to the 2945:, Neubrandenburg. Taking 2718:. Also featured is Lübeck 2066:reservatum ecclesiasticum 2045:, under the able General 1793:Kingdom of Denmark–Norway 1730:Defenestrations of Prague 1719:Charles Emmanuel of Savoy 1542:Cuius regio, eius religio 1392: 581: 525: 479: 359:William V of Hesse-Kassel 236: 105: 53: 36: 28: 23: 8459:Germany–Sweden relations 7960:– via www.welt.de. 7633:25 December 2018 at the 5079: 3900:Battle of the Alte Veste 3867:Albrecht von Wallenstein 3761:leading a cavalry charge 2969:was pressuring him from 2792:Albrecht von Wallenstein 2053:") defeated them at the 2047:Albrecht von Wallenstein 1886:Break in the Polish Wars 1449:of Sweden landed in the 1426:conflict by historians. 372:Albrecht von Wallenstein 7792:27 January 2022 at the 5143:of silver. The Cologne 3951:Battle of Zusmarshausen 3885:.., 1632. Engraving by 3690:Swedish forces in Blue 3678:Swedish forces in Blue 3518:Leipzig and Breitenfeld 3449:Hesse–Kassel and Saxony 2643:Donald Mackay Lord Reay 2071:Archbishopric of Bremen 1484:as an Imperial Estate. 474:Maximilian I of Bavaria 8295:Jones, Archer (2001). 8267:Jones, Archer (1987). 8147:Markó, László (2006). 7814:Biographie, Deutsche. 3896:laid siege to the city 3890: 3881:. Cornelis Danckerts: 3819: 3762: 3741: 3693: 3681: 3608: 3592: 3542: 3524:Bernard of Saxe-Weimar 3519: 3485: 3410: 3295: 3233: 3201: 3172: 3152: 3089: 2998: 2937:The king set out from 2799: 2719: 2646: 2595: 2459: 2346: 2264:lines of communication 2226: 2152: 2125: 2108: 1990: 1964: 1827: 1807: 1784: 1747:asserted its right of 1691:Prince of Transylvania 1671:Vilem Slavata of Chlum 1609: 1504: 314:Bernard of Saxe-Weimar 237:Commanders and leaders 8454:Military intervention 8362:The Thirty Years' War 8017:. Houghton, Mifflin. 7977:Augsburger Allgemeine 4525:Frankfurt an der Oder 3876: 3809: 3756: 3735: 3687: 3675: 3646:) and heavy cavalry ( 3602: 3590:Battle of Breitenfeld 3587: 3574:Battle of Breitenfeld 3540: 3517: 3483: 3399: 3286: 3231: 3196: 3166: 3150: 3083: 2988: 2790: 2714: 2637: 2590: 2457: 2333: 2221: 2143: 2114: 2099: 2073:and the free city of 1977: 1940: 1825: 1805: 1782: 1663:Jindřich Matyáš Thurn 1591: 1495: 526:Casualties and losses 48:Battle of Breitenfeld 7850:www.planet-wissen.de 7602:www.historyofwar.org 5098:battle of Nördlingen 4054:Shipwrecked in 1639 3936:Battle of Nördlingen 3920:Ferdinand of Hungary 3856:Prince-Archbishopric 3840:Neuburg an der Donau 3692:Catholic army in Red 3680:Catholic army in Red 3607:Catholic army in Red 3352:edict of restitution 3142:Electorate of Saxony 2716:Duchy of Mecklenburg 2160:Margraviate of Baden 2149:Charles IX of Sweden 2086:conflict with Poland 2062:Edict of Restitution 2039:Christian of Denmark 1739:Background in Sweden 1480:and Sweden obtained 1431:Edict of Restitution 1414:Swedish Intervention 779:Lutter am Barenberge 432:Gottfried Pappenheim 24:Swedish Intervention 8444:Invasions by Sweden 8324:Meade, James Edward 6544:, pp. 120–121. 5251:Christina of Sweden 4359:Swedish casualties 4346: 3964:Peace of Westphalia 3792:Marienberg fortress 3714:Lennart Torstensson 3176:Elector of Saxony, 1910:Philip III of Spain 1906:Chambers of Reunion 1902:Louis XIV of France 1892:Polish–Swedish Wars 1770:Battle of Stångebro 1647:Counter-Reformation 1635:Ferdinand of Styria 1601: Austrian line 1474:Peace of Westphalia 173:Brandenburg-Prussia 8393:Doughty, Robert A. 8008:Dodge, Theodore A. 5121:) rijksdaalder / ( 4342: 3891: 3820: 3763: 3742: 3694: 3682: 3609: 3593: 3543: 3520: 3486: 3411: 3296: 3234: 3202: 3173: 3153: 3090: 2999: 2826:Temporary setbacks 2800: 2720: 2647: 2596: 2460: 2450:Securing Pomerania 2347: 2227: 2181:Cardinal Richelieu 2173:Brunswick-Lüneburg 2153: 2126: 2109: 2031:Kingdom of England 2016:Holy 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2094: 2043:Catholic League 2008:Hanseatic towns 1961:Bohemian Revolt 1957:King of England 1949:King of Bohemia 1944: 1894: 1888: 1833: 1741: 1736: 1734:Bohemian Revolt 1728:Main articles: 1707:King of England 1639:King of Bohemia 1603: 1602: 1596: 1595: 1593: 1490: 1467:Peace of Prague 1457:, southwest of 1447:Gustav II Adolf 1439:Catholic League 1406: 1401: 1400: 1388: 1375:Colberger Heide 1294: 1257: 1245: 1233: 1156:2nd Breitenfeld 1061: 1034:2nd Rheinfelden 979: 967: 914: 907:1st Rheinfelden 837:1st Breitenfeld 817:Swedish landing 748:Vlach uprisings 733: 577: 572: 570: 568: 520: 512: 510: 505: 503: 495:10,000 infantry 490: 468: 466: 464: 454: 453: 443: 442: 436: 424: 423: 413: 412: 402: 401: 395: 383: 382: 376: 364: 353: 351: 349: 341: 339: 338: 328: 327: 317: 316: 306: 305: 295: 294: 284: 283: 273: 272: 262: 261: 255: 251:Gustav II Adolf 243: 223: 213: 211: 210: 206:Catholic League 199: 197: 184: 182: 180: 179: 167: 165: 164: 156: 154: 153: 142: 140: 139: 126: 124: 122: 112: 84:Peace of Prague 74: 70:Throughout the 42: 17: 12: 11: 5: 8472: 8462: 8461: 8456: 8451: 8446: 8441: 8436: 8421: 8420: 8407: 8389: 8371: 8356: 8338: 8320: 8307: 8292: 8279: 8264: 8247:978-1273068119 8246: 8228: 8223:978-9052012865 8222: 8206: 8181:978-0415024723 8180: 8167: 8162:978-9635470853 8161: 8144: 8127:978-9633263327 8126: 8107: 8090:978-0217965668 8089: 8074: 8061: 8056:978-0521026031 8055: 8037: 8024:978-1853672347 8023: 8003: 8001: 7998: 7995: 7994: 7963: 7932: 7923: 7897: 7867: 7837: 7806: 7797: 7778: 7769: 7760: 7751: 7742: 7733: 7717: 7708: 7699: 7682: 7664: 7655: 7638: 7619: 7589: 7580: 7578:, p. 281. 7563: 7554: 7552:, p. 275. 7542: 7540:, p. 280. 7530: 7528:, p. 278. 7515: 7513:, p. 279. 7494: 7492:, p. 274. 7479: 7477:, p. 273. 7467: 7465:, p. 270. 7450: 7448:, p. 269. 7438: 7429: 7420: 7411: 7409:, p. 179. 7399: 7390: 7381: 7379:, p. 175. 7366: 7364:, p. 235. 7354: 7352:, p. 253. 7342: 7340:, p. 252. 7321: 7319:, p. 251. 7300: 7298:, p. 250. 7281: 7279:, p. 249. 7262: 7260:, p. 247. 7241: 7239:, p. 246. 7218: 7216:, p. 244. 7206: 7204:, p. 243. 7189: 7187:, p. 242. 7170: 7168:, p. 241. 7153: 7151:, p. 240. 7132: 7130:, p. 239. 7117: 7115:, p. 238. 7092: 7090:, p. 237. 7049: 7047:, p. 235. 7022: 7020:, p. 233. 6999: 6997:, p. 232. 6984: 6982:, p. 231. 6957: 6955:, p. 230. 6942: 6940:, p. 229. 6930: 6928:, p. 225. 6915: 6913:, p. 222. 6896: 6894:, p. 219. 6881: 6879:, p. 218. 6869: 6867:, p. 217. 6848: 6846:, p. 216. 6833: 6831:, p. 213. 6818: 6816:, p. 212. 6799: 6797:, p. 211. 6780: 6778:, p. 210. 6763: 6761:, p. 208. 6751: 6749:, p. 207. 6736: 6734:, p. 205. 6711: 6709:, p. 204. 6688: 6686:, p. 203. 6671: 6669:, p. 202. 6624: 6622:, p. 189. 6605: 6603:, p. 182. 6588: 6586:, p. 126. 6576: 6574:, p. 125. 6561: 6559:, p. 122. 6546: 6534: 6532:, p. 120. 6519: 6517:, p. 175. 6494: 6492:, p. 174. 6477: 6475:, p. 173. 6446: 6444:, p. 171. 6434: 6432:, p. 170. 6417: 6415:, p. 169. 6405: 6403:, p. 168. 6380: 6378:, p. 167. 6351: 6349:, p. 165. 6316: 6314:, p. 162. 6275: 6273:, p. 161. 6244: 6242:, p. 156. 6193: 6191:, p. 155. 6166: 6164:, p. 104. 6147: 6145:, p. 159. 6130: 6128:, p. 153. 6118: 6116:, p. 158. 6073: 6071:, p. 101. 6061: 6059:, p. 128. 6044: 6042:, p. 103. 6025: 6013: 6001: 5980: 5965: 5963:, p. 149. 5942: 5940:, p. 147. 5930: 5918: 5906: 5904:, p. 146. 5885: 5883:, p. 122. 5873: 5871:, p. 117. 5858: 5837: 5799: 5797:, p. 100. 5787: 5768: 5756: 5754:, p. 125. 5739: 5724: 5707: 5690: 5678: 5666: 5664:, p. 104. 5654: 5652:, p. 103. 5642: 5640:, p. 130. 5621: 5598: 5586: 5569: 5548: 5536: 5534:, p. 131. 5519: 5504: 5487: 5485:, p. 129. 5470: 5451: 5439: 5427: 5425:, p. 131. 5415: 5403: 5390:10.2307/204823 5384:(4): 764–765. 5365: 5321: 5307: 5298: 5286: 5268: 5267: 5265: 5262: 5259: 5258: 5243: 5234: 5232: 5231: 5228: 5225: 5221: 5207: 5101: 5085: 5084: 5081: 5078: 5077: 5076: 5071: 5066: 5059: 5056: 5053: 5052: 5049: 5046: 5043: 5040: 5037: 5031: 5030: 5027: 5024: 5021: 5018: 5015: 5009: 5008: 5005: 5002: 4999: 4996: 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Routledge. 8173: 8168: 8164: 8158: 8154: 8150: 8145: 8133: 8129: 8123: 8119: 8115: 8114: 8108: 8096: 8092: 8086: 8082: 8081: 8075: 8071: 8066: 8065:Harte, Walter 8062: 8058: 8052: 8048: 8047: 8042: 8041:Ringmar, Erik 8038: 8034: 8030: 8026: 8020: 8016: 8015: 8009: 8005: 8004: 7982: 7978: 7974: 7967: 7951: 7947: 7943: 7936: 7927: 7911: 7907: 7901: 7885: 7881: 7877: 7871: 7855: 7851: 7847: 7841: 7825: 7821: 7817: 7810: 7801: 7795: 7791: 7788: 7782: 7773: 7764: 7755: 7746: 7737: 7731: 7730:3-936197-01-6 7727: 7721: 7712: 7703: 7696: 7695:3-924943-22-2 7692: 7686: 7679: 7678:3-87904-162-8 7675: 7668: 7659: 7652: 7648: 7642: 7636: 7632: 7629: 7623: 7607: 7603: 7599: 7593: 7584: 7577: 7572: 7570: 7568: 7558: 7551: 7546: 7539: 7534: 7527: 7522: 7520: 7512: 7507: 7505: 7503: 7501: 7499: 7491: 7486: 7484: 7476: 7471: 7464: 7459: 7457: 7455: 7447: 7442: 7433: 7424: 7415: 7408: 7403: 7394: 7388:Tucker p. 194 7385: 7378: 7373: 7371: 7363: 7358: 7351: 7346: 7339: 7334: 7332: 7330: 7328: 7326: 7318: 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6697: 6695: 6693: 6685: 6680: 6678: 6676: 6668: 6663: 6661: 6659: 6657: 6655: 6653: 6651: 6649: 6647: 6645: 6643: 6641: 6639: 6637: 6635: 6633: 6631: 6629: 6621: 6616: 6614: 6612: 6610: 6602: 6597: 6595: 6593: 6585: 6584:Schiller 1846 6580: 6573: 6572:Schiller 1846 6568: 6566: 6558: 6557:Schiller 1846 6553: 6551: 6543: 6542:Schiller 1846 6538: 6531: 6530:Schiller 1846 6526: 6524: 6516: 6511: 6509: 6507: 6505: 6503: 6501: 6499: 6491: 6486: 6484: 6482: 6474: 6469: 6467: 6465: 6463: 6461: 6459: 6457: 6455: 6453: 6451: 6443: 6438: 6431: 6426: 6424: 6422: 6414: 6409: 6402: 6397: 6395: 6393: 6391: 6389: 6387: 6385: 6377: 6372: 6370: 6368: 6366: 6364: 6362: 6360: 6358: 6356: 6348: 6343: 6341: 6339: 6337: 6335: 6333: 6331: 6329: 6327: 6325: 6323: 6321: 6313: 6308: 6306: 6304: 6302: 6300: 6298: 6296: 6294: 6292: 6290: 6288: 6286: 6284: 6282: 6280: 6272: 6267: 6265: 6263: 6261: 6259: 6257: 6255: 6253: 6251: 6249: 6241: 6236: 6234: 6232: 6230: 6228: 6226: 6224: 6222: 6220: 6218: 6216: 6214: 6212: 6210: 6208: 6206: 6204: 6202: 6200: 6198: 6190: 6185: 6183: 6181: 6179: 6177: 6175: 6173: 6171: 6163: 6158: 6156: 6154: 6152: 6144: 6139: 6137: 6135: 6127: 6122: 6115: 6110: 6108: 6106: 6104: 6102: 6100: 6098: 6096: 6094: 6092: 6090: 6088: 6086: 6084: 6082: 6080: 6078: 6070: 6065: 6058: 6057:Schiller 1846 6053: 6051: 6049: 6041: 6036: 6034: 6032: 6030: 6023:, p. 99. 6022: 6017: 6011:, p. 98. 6010: 6005: 5999:, p. 97. 5998: 5993: 5991: 5989: 5987: 5985: 5978:, p. 96. 5977: 5972: 5970: 5962: 5957: 5955: 5953: 5951: 5949: 5947: 5939: 5934: 5928:, p. 77. 5927: 5922: 5916:, p. 76. 5915: 5910: 5903: 5898: 5896: 5894: 5892: 5890: 5882: 5877: 5870: 5865: 5863: 5855: 5850: 5848: 5846: 5844: 5842: 5825: 5821: 5817: 5813: 5806: 5804: 5796: 5791: 5785:, p. 84. 5784: 5779: 5777: 5775: 5773: 5766:, p. 82. 5765: 5760: 5753: 5748: 5746: 5744: 5737:, p. 10. 5736: 5731: 5729: 5722:, p. 73. 5721: 5716: 5714: 5712: 5705:, p. 72. 5704: 5699: 5697: 5695: 5688:, p. 61. 5687: 5682: 5676:, p. 60. 5675: 5670: 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