Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
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Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
（History of warfare, v. 6）
Brill, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing both the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that led to Scottish involvement in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire. To the Scots, the war was linked to the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, rather than the politics of central Europe per se.
In three sections, the 12 authors have illuminated the political processes that led to the participation of as many as 50,000 Scottish troops in the war. The official alliances of the Stuart regime, the independent diplomacy of the Scottish Parliament and the actions of numerous well placed individuals at various European courts are all shown to have had a bearing on this important episode of European history.
Table of Contents
Preface / Allan I. Macinnes
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction / Steve Murdoch 1
1 Scottish Ambassadors and British Diplomacy 1618-1635 / Steve Murdoch 27
2 Alternative Diplomacy? Scottish Exiles at the Courts of the Habsburgs and their Allies, 1618-1648 / David Worthington 51
3 The Scottish Parliament and European Diplomacy 1641-1647: The Palatine, The Dutch Republic and Sweden / John R. Young 77
4 A note on Scottish Soldiers in the Bohemian War 1619-1622 / J. V. Polisensky 109
5 Scots in the French and Dutch armies during the Thirty Years' War / Matthew Glozier 117
6 Scotland: Sweden's Closest Ally? / Alexia Grosjean 143
7 New Perspectives: Alexander Leslie and the Smolensk War, 1632-4 / Paul Dukes 173
8 Scottish Soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty Years' War / Robert I. Frost 191
9 Robert Monro: Professional Soldier, Military Historian and Scotsman / William S. Brockington 215
10 Wish You Were Here? Scottish reactions to 'Postcards' home from the 'Germane Warres' / Dauvit Horsbroch 245
11 German reactions to the Scots in the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War / Hartmut Ruffer, Kathrin Zickermann 271
Index 295
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