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Author : G. Mortimer

Date : 2010-07-16

Page : 302

Rating : 5.0

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Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years  ~ GEOFF MORTIMER studied history and German at Oxford University where he also taught at St Edmund Hall His publications include Eyewitness Accounts of the Thirty Years War 161848 Palgrave Macmillan 2002 Early Modern History 14851815 Palgrave Macmillan 2004 and a number of articles on this period
Albrecht von Wallenstein  Wikipedia ~ Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634 also von Waldstein Czech Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years War 1618–1648 His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of 
Albrecht von Wallenstein in the Thirty Years War ~ In 1617 von Wallenstein married Isabella Katharina The couple had two children though only one a daughter survived infancy With the outbreak of the Thirty Years War in 1618 von Wallenstein declared his support for the Imperial cause
Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War  Enigma3 ~ 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 Englishspeaking reader dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War
Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War ~ Wallenstein moved against the king’s Saxon ally he had to hasten northwards to the rescue The armies met at Lützen near Leipzig where the resulting battle the longest and hardest fought of the Thirty Years War was effectively a draw although Gustavus himself was killed With the Swedish threat neutralised for a time Wallenstein devoted
Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War  German  ~ One of the greatest generals of the Thirty Years War was Albrecht von Wallenstein His fame as a military strategist and financial genius is matched only by his popular reputation as an extraordinarily ambitious greedy selfserving arrogant harsh and unscrupulous man unmoved by true religious motivations and guided by astrological observations
Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War by Geoff  ~ David Lederer Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War by Geoff Mortimer The English Historical Review Volume 127 Issue 528 October 2012  but once again Mortimer contextualises Wallenstein’s policy within the struggle to finance the Thirty Years War His activities on behalf of the Emperor were conducted with diligence 
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Wallenstein  the enigma of the Thirty Years War Book  ~ Get this from a library Wallenstein  the enigma of the Thirty Years War Geoff Mortimer  A minor Bohemian nobleman who within the space of a few years became a prince and one of the greatest landowners of his age a military entrepreneur who twice saved the Holy Roman Emperor from 
Wallenstein The Enigma of the Thirty Years War by Geoff  ~ I think that this was a phenomenal recount of the story of Wallenstein It was easy to read and though it assumes some context on the Thirty Years War I think that Mortimer gave an amazing recount of the rise and fall of Wallenstein That being said there was a bit of bias in this text