Thirty Years War - The 2nd Horseman - European History - Extra History - Part 2

The Thirty Years War started as a localized conflict but quickly ballooned out into a multinational conflict that tore across the countryside. But the ones who bore the brunt of the damage were not the countries or even the soldiers, but the citizenry as armies from other countries poured across the land, pillaging and looting as they went.

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[itwaswalpole]

"but then he started engaging in the most Hapsburg of hobbies: empire building"

I would have said incest but yeah, let's go with that.

[hansheden]

A soldier called Peter Hagendorf kept a diary during the war. Highly recomended.

[lucarioAdventure]

Christian IV: Plunders monastaries for the gold and leaves the holy relics behind.

Vikings: 'atta boy!

[xaviersaavedra]

“Then Ferdinand engaged in the most Hapsburg of hobbies”
Me: EWWW!!!
“Empire building.”
Me: oh. Yeah I was thinking that too.

[sal]

"but then he started engaging in the most Habsburg of hobbies-"
"INCE-"
"-empire building"
"Oh..."

[abcdef]

If the Thirty Years War was a Street Fighter game, Germany itself would be the car destroyed during the bonus stages.

[daswordofgork]

EH: Then he started engaging in the most Hapsburg Hobbies.
Me: Inbreeding?
EH: Empire building
Me:

[hulkflyer]

"20, 000 men woman and children die in a scene from hell" 5 seconds later "Thanks So Much to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring this video!"

[ocadioan]

An important note about the Danish Intervention is that the Danish king was also a Duke of the HRE, so Ferdinand's extended ambitions were a direct threat not to the Kingdom of Denmark, but to Christian IV's personal titles in the HRE.

[Ulfbhert]

Catholic church seeing they're churches being looted by Danish and Swedish troops 600 years after the Viking age: Hold on I've seen this before!

[jackjennaway]

A much needed series. I've always learned more about the aftermath of the war, but I've never learned much about the war itself.

[Volnas]

Gustavus Adolphus was paying his soldiers more, so they wouldn't pillage and punnished those who did. He of course couldn't be everywhere, but his soldiers were a bit "nicer" than other soldiers. But then he died and his successors weren't so enlightened.

[colindunnigan]

When faced with objections to the savagery of his army, Count Tilly is said to have retorted, "Who do you think my men are, nuns?"

[denerlife]

I’ve read in a book about Wallenstein that the horrors of the 30 years’ war resulted from a combination of too much and not enough economy. Unlike in the middle ages, countries now has the money to raise large armies, but they didn’t yet have the economy or bureaucracy to supply the army.

[schamakkii]

"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

[chamel]

2:39 The Netherlands didn't gain complete independence from Spain until the Peace of Westphalia in 1648
3:10 Phillip II died in 1598, the spanish ruler at the start of the thirty years war was Phillip III, later succeeded by Phillip IV in 1621.
4:20 The spanish domains in Europe at that date also included Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, Milan, Franche-Compté, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Luxembourg and the Netherlands (although part of the dutch territory was just held nominally)

[Ubrzani]

"And then came the king od Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus."
*Sabaton intesifies*

[state_song_xprt]

4:15 flash forward to lies "we forgot about the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth"

[dr.swagington]

The rest of the world: Europe can you chill
Europe: I have no chill

[andersasblom]

6:53 The viking tradition of plundering churches die hard.