Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years WarSpringer, 16 Tem 2010 - 286 sayfa Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II. This accessible modern biography of Wallenstein for the English-speaking reader dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War. |
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3 A Scandal in Bohemia | 22 |
4 Richer Than All His Tribe | 35 |
5 The Fault Is Not in Our Stars | 52 |
6 Some Achieve Greatness | 68 |
7 Go Captain Greet the Danish King | 82 |
8 At the Parting of the Ways | 106 |
11 From the Fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us | 153 |
12 Of Peace and Other Demons | 177 |
13 Decline and Fall | 199 |
14 Assassination Is the Quickest Way | 221 |
15 But Brutus Says He Was Ambitious | 240 |
References | 254 |
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Aldringer allies Arnim astrology attack battle Bavaria Bernhard Bethlen Bethlen Gabor Bohemian Brandenburg camp campaign Catholic cavalry Christian colonel command confiscation court Danish defeat defences Denmark despatched Diwald duke Edict of Restitution Eger Eggenberg elector of Saxony electors emperor Empire enemy estates Ferdinand forces Förster Briefe Franz Albrecht Friedland further Gallas general’s generalissimo George of Saxony Germany Gindely gulden Gustavus’s Habsburg Hallwich Briefe Hallwich Ende Hallwich Fünf Bücher Hence Holk horoscope Ilow Imperialist Irmer Verhandlungen Kepler king Kinsky lands later Liechtenstein Lützen Mann Mansfeld Matthias Maximilian Mecklenburg military Moravia move negotiations Nevertheless Nuremberg Oxenstierna Pappenheim peace Piccolomini Pilsen Polišenský and Kollmann political position Prague princes Protestant recruit Regensburg regiments reported revolt Saxony secure sent side Silesia soldiers Spanish Swedes Swedish Tadra Briefe territory Thirty Years War threat Thurn Tilly Tilly’s tion Trauttmansdorff Trcˇka troops Vienna Waldstein Wallenstein winter wrote