Thirty Years War - Chaining the Dragon - European History - Extra History - Part 5

As the war continued onwards draining the land of blood and coin, enough was finally enough. While the conflict started over religious grounds, by this time it had changed to a conflict about political power. Oddly, that made it much easier to find compromise and terms to finally bring the conflict to an end. We see its effect on the maps as the Hapsburg empire began to splinter but the Thirty Years War left a lasting legacy on Europe and the way we think about global conflict forever.

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[ItRemindMeOfHome]

That image of the Dragon standing over the Western Front of the Great War is somewhat haunting

[stormsurge]

Catholic states: I consent
Protestant states: I consent
France: Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

[edwardmcintosh]

I love how they got the outfits for the Westphalia council to look exactly like that Frye and Laurie skit 😆

[hamzaferoz]

Ah yes the time when Luxembourg's fate as storage was decided

[BrazenBard]

"...and not by a horde of nobles that throw someone out a window. Step in the right direction."

Occasionally debatable, I guess, but sure. ;)

[ftsch]

"chaining the dragon for a thousand years"
Ya forgot the dragon was a lock picker apparantly

[creatoruser]

"The dragon will not be released for a thousand years."
*WWI happens 300 years later.
"Shit, who let it out early!"

[ethanhatcher]

The dragon re-emerging as the Western Front of the Great War is chilling

[Xerxes]

After Walpole and Bismarck, Richelieu certainly deserves his own series.

[LudicrousPlatypus]

0:03 I love the reference to The Treaty of Westphalia sketch with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

[maaderllin]

Cue Homer Simpson: "The worst war Europe has seen YET".

[Volnas]

It's interesting, that this war started in Prague with conflict of Protestants against Catholics and ended in Prague with Catholics and Protestants fighting side by side against Protestant Sweden.

[Scotty]

“Well I think that settles it. Gentlemen, a toast, peace in Europe.”

[raphl]

We forgot Luxemburg

-treaty of Westphalia

[barondarc]

Great detail bout dragon being unleashed again representing WW1

[thestarjon]

Nice conclusion of the series, but you swapped Münster and Osnabrück: Münster was exclusively catholic and Osnabrück was controlled by lutherans.

[imperiumbrasiliae]

4:00 I see fry and laurie and pickleherring sweden talking about using luxembourg for storage

[papapok]

There is one more task: the savage lands of the Balkans!

[skybluskyblueify]

7:38 This is partly why the teaching of history is important. Twisting what happened for political reasons is easy to do if the public has no idea of what happened.

[revieman]

Holy shit A Letterkenny reference! 5:07 This is the last place I expected to find one. I wonder who has been watching it?