Scots in the Habsburg service, 1618-1648 / by David Worthington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthington, David.

Series:

History of warfare ; v. 21.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Scots--Austria--History.

Scots.

Habsburg, House of--History.

Habsburg, House of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1618 and 1648, a number of Scottish expatriates appeared at the major centres of Habsburg dynastic power: Madrid, Brussels, and the peripatetic court of the Holy Roman Emperor. In dealing with their activities, this book challenges the notion that France or the northern Low Countries invariably provided the country's strongest continental connections during the early modern period. The first part of the text relates to the Spanish Habsburg lands, while the second introduces several military entrepreneurs who rose to prominence in the service of the eastern, 'Austrian' branch of the dynasty. From the mid-1630s, most of this diverse group became allies, in promoting the cause of the Scottish-born, former 'Winter Queen' of Bohemia, Elizabeth Stuart, and her family.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Note on dates/currency

Chronology

Glossary of foreign terms

Glossary of foreign names

Abstract

CHAPTER ONE Scottish Activities in Central, Western and Southern Mainland Europe (Excluding France) to 1618

PART I: THE SPANISH HABSBURG LANDS: WILLIAM AND HUGH SEMPLE AND THEIR CIRCLE

Introduction: A Policy of Dynastic Universalim? The Habsburg Alliance, 1618-33

CHAPTER TWO 1618-25: The Arbitrista and the "Earl of Guile"

CHAPTER THREE 1625-33: Militancy or Loyalism?

CHAPTER FOUR After 1633: Pro-Palatinate Initiatives

PART II: THE AUSTRIAN HABSBURG LANDS: WALTER LESLIE AND HIS CIRCLE

Introduction: The End of Aspirations to Universal Empire? The Habsburg Alliance, 1633-48

CHAPTER FIVE 1633-5: The Assassination of General Wallenstein

CHAPTER SIX 1635-7: An "Anglo-Austrian" Alliance?

CHAPTER SEVEN 1637-40: The Count and the New Emperor

CHAPTER EIGHT 1640-2: The Palatinate cause and the Imperial Diet at Regensburg

CHAPTER NINE 1642-8: Towards a Peace Treaty in Westphalia

Conclusion

Map 1. Scotland and Habsburg Europe c. 1618

Map 2. Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia c. 1634

Appendix 1: Scots at the Habsburg courts, 1618 to 1648

Appendix 2: Scots in the Habsburg armies, 1618 to 1648

Appendix 3: The Scots and Irish at Eger and their post-1634 careers in Imperial service

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-318) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46519-0

9786610465194

1-4237-1421-0

90-474-0276-6

OCLC:

191934769

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047402763 DOI