Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 / edited by Steve Murdoch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murdoch, Steve, editor.

Series:

History of warfare ; Volume 6.

History of Warfare Series ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Scotland--Politics and government--1625-1649.

Scotland.

Scotland--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2001]

Summary:

This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that were interwoven with the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the famous Winter Queen.

Contents:

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SECTION ONE: DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS

1. Scottish Ambassadors and British Diplomacy

1618-163527

Steve Murdoch

2. Alternative Diplomacy? Scottish Exiles at the Courts of

the Habsburgs and their Allies, 1618-164851

David Worthington

3. The Scottish Parliament and European Diplomacy

1641-1647: The Palatine, The Dutch Republic and

Sweden77

John R. Young

SECTION TWO: THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION

4. A note on Scottish Soldiers in the Bohemian War

1619-1622109

J.V. Polisenskj

5. Scots in the French and Dutch armies during the

Thirty Years' War117

Matthew Glozier

6. Scotland: Sweden's Closest Ally?143

Alexia Grosjean

7. New Perspectives: Alexander Leslie and the Smolensk

W ar, 1632-4173

Paul Dukes

8. Scottish Soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty

Years' War191

Robert I. Frost

9. Robert Monro: Professional Soldier, Military Historian

and Scotsm an215

William S. Brockington

SECTION THREE: LASTING IMPRESSIONS

10. Wish You Were Here? Scottish reactions to 'Postcards'

home from the 'Germane Warres'245

Dauvit Horsbroch

11. German reactions to the Scots in the Holy Roman

Empire during the Thirty Years' War271

Hartmut Ruffer and Kathrin Zickermann

Index295.

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ISBN:

9789004475670

9004475672

OCLC:

1310042527