The Cataclysm: The Outbreak of the War

The Cataclysm: The Outbreak of the War | Thirty Years War 1

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Europe, 1618: The Bohemian Revolt are just about to begin. Eventually they would hurl all central Europe into one of its worst tragedies, the Thirty Years War. In this video we tell the story of the outbreak of this “extremely complex conflict” as the Historian Peter Wilson refers to the Thirty Years War. In German and Czech history, the Thirty Years War occupies a place similar to that of the civil wars in the United States of America or Britain, or the revolutions in France and Russia: a defining moment of national trauma that shaped how a country sees itself and its place in the world. Religious belief and political power, social tensions, and constitutional errors, warmongering and appeasement - all played their part in bringing about one of the most tragic and devasting conflicts fought on German territory.
00:00-03:22 Introduction
03:22-06:50 Reformation, Peace of Augsburg 1555
06:50-14:07 Cracks in the Peace
14:07-15:00 Complex Geopolitical Interests in Europe
15:00-18:47 Brother's Quarrel & Letter of Majesty
18:47-21:07 Conflict about Bohemia and Defenestration
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@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Improve your internet security With Nord VPN: nordvpn.com/sandrhoman It's risk free with Nord's 30-day-money-back-guarantee CORRECTION: 17:08 We messed up the Philips. It's Philip III, not Philip II! The image is also wrong, it's portraying Philip IV. Sorry for that!

@CommissarCasper Жыл бұрын

Just bought your pike and shot canvas, and a Spanish burgundy flag off Amazon lol

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

@@CommissarCasper that's awesome!! I'm thinking of buying a full size HRE flag and some fake tercio paintings.

@CommissarCasper Жыл бұрын

@@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 love it, that’s awesome

@renerpho Жыл бұрын

Another correction: The comet of November 1618 was C/1618 W1, not 1P/Halley. Halley's comet had last been seen in 1607, and reappeared in 1682.

@SandRhomanHistory 10 ай бұрын

@bastiat4855 the pile of manure is probably protestant propaganda. We talk about it in more detail in the video about the Bohemian Revolution.

@sineprodyn Жыл бұрын

My personal favourite fact about the second defenestration is that the secretary escaped to vienna and - as a reward - was granted the titel "von Hohenfall", which translated to "of Highfall"

@petrpinc7695 Жыл бұрын

This was the third defenestration

@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Жыл бұрын

Before the world wars, the Thirty Years War was the most devastating war in European History. It resulted in a death toll of approximately 8 million

@genghiskhanthereaper6327 Жыл бұрын

AND OTTOMAN GOLDEN AGE CONQUERİNG OTHER EUROPEAN STATES ..

@lahire4943 Жыл бұрын

The wars of the coalitions were certainly deadlier

@enalb5085 Жыл бұрын

@@lahire4943 meh i don't think so the world wars were like tens of millions a year easy. Like Stalingrad was like 2 million alone

@MrSteveK1138 Жыл бұрын

If memory serves me right, this conflict cost the greatest percentage (not the raw number of slain) of the European population in history.

@JohnWayneCheeseburger Жыл бұрын

@@lahire4943 thirty years war was far far more bloody in raw numbers and percentile than the napolanic wars although they were devastating conficts

@EricMustardman Жыл бұрын

It's an urban legend that the 2nd Defenstration of Prague didn't harm the three men who were thrown out of the window just because of a dunghill at the foot of the wall underneath the window. It's much more likely that the heavy clothes, especially the long thick coats, cushioned their fall enough so as to prevent lethal injuries. Moreover, since the building had tapering walls and the window was very narrow, the three men weren't flung out of it and thus didn't fall straight down, but more or less slid the 21 m down until they had reached the foot of the wall. Unlike the poor lot that had been killed in the 1st Defenstration of Prague in 1419, the three men didn't only survive their defenestration, they also managed to escape their pursuers and found refuge in the castle of Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz, who defended them against the raging mob that wanted to see the three men dead.

@Johnny_Tambourine Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing this was going to be covered in Part 2. Thank goodness you explained what happened next in the story instead.

@morewi Жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_Tambourine yep there's always someone that types out a paragraph because he thinks he's smarter than the videomaker and audience

@genericpersonx333 Жыл бұрын

@@morewi Ideally, we are all hear to learn, and anyone who has good information to impart should be given fair hearing. If we disagree, we can debate them, but we shouldn't abuse people for speaking at all since it is contrary to the goal of expanding our knowledge and understanding to deny voice in a forum. If you don't want to hear others speak, you can always decline to view the comment section of a video.

@morewi Жыл бұрын

@@genericpersonx333 it's not the place for random anon to try and "um actually". Especially if what was brought up would be discussed later.

@magimon91834 Жыл бұрын

Um actually angels carried them down to safety. Idiot

@GeorgeMoulos Жыл бұрын

"out the window, as is customary" thats a damn cold line

@marekbozdech5840 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact. Diviš Černín z Chudenic - the captain who let the conspirators into the Prague castle was the only catholic executed at the end of the rebellion during the Old Town Square execution. One of the judges in the tribunal sentencing him was his brother Heřman who would also marry the widow left after Kryštof Harant another one of the executed rebells and Heřmans brother in law. Loved the video, looking forward for the White mountain!

@rickjames18 Жыл бұрын

That's messed up, he killed him for his wife?

@richardaubrecht2822 Жыл бұрын

@@rickjames18 No, Heřman Černín married the widow of Kryštof Harant, another of the executed. By the way that widow was Harant's third wife. His first wife was... the sister of Heřman Černín.

@manonanisland88 Жыл бұрын

I discovered this channel Christmas Eve. I missed all family events over the past 48 hours learning things like how to conquer medieval Jerusalem and lay seige to star fortresses.

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

I honestly wish i could delete all these videos to watch them for the first time again. Such a gem !!

@DuffyTheGander Жыл бұрын

Please continue videos like this! You done many top down videos covering battles of the war, but going through and detailing the politics and intrigue as in this video would paint a clearer picture, such as could be the case with the 30 years war anyway xD

@cascaderifles81 Жыл бұрын

Very well done. The Thirty years war is very complicated. You did a great job making it understandable.

@QuantumHistorian Жыл бұрын

Entirely agree! I could almost follow all the personal, political, and religious threads that were mentioned. As well as videos about the battles and military history that took place in the war (that I'm sure are forth coming), it would be great to have one that took this big picture view of the entire war and it's resolution from this political angle.

@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Жыл бұрын

"Hey, we have this debate about public administration." "OK, just open the window first."

@samadams2203 Жыл бұрын

Love how carefully and explicitly you explain each step.

@thehistorybard6333 Жыл бұрын

Very excited for this, you are the perfect channel to cover the Thirty Years War!

@alvaroruiz4527 Жыл бұрын

Its astonishing how the quality just keeps increasing!! You guys are great

@kristiawanindriyanto5765 Жыл бұрын

Really nice video to end 2022 with a bang! Keep up the quality historical contents.

@lobstereleven4610 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Looking forward to more on this subject! Thanks!

@augustbutler9096 Жыл бұрын

Awesome please complete this series

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Will do over the course of 2023.

@Bloodknok Жыл бұрын

Hoping this is the start of a long series on this fascinating conflict

@notsm Жыл бұрын

Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war... - Sabaton, Lifetime of War

@realhawaii5o Жыл бұрын

Two ways to view the world, brought Europe down in flames... Two ways to rule!

@kingconstantinusthesadisti133 Жыл бұрын

Without this war, there will be no freedom of religion, nor liberty later on.

@DrKarmo Жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always! You guys should try doing a lenghty series detailing the many battles of the thirty years war, like Kings and Generals and HistoryMarche, it would be great!

@KlausVonPollen 2 ай бұрын

Excellent contribution.

@theitalianliner1726 Жыл бұрын

A Major in Late Medieval History, I am a huge fan of your channel. Great no-nonsense summary. I see you are moving from tactics to grand strategy.

@CaptainCed Жыл бұрын

Another great video, thanks!

@IPMunteanu Жыл бұрын

Brilliant presentation!

@charlesphillips1468 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. The Thirty Years War is indeed very complex, multi-level, multi-party conflict. In high school, I read Lynn Montross' opus War Through the Ages from cover to cover three times. I love Montross' style but he does tend to write for people who already know the facts, and reading his chapters didn't really teach me about the Thirty Years War. When I was finally in college after four years of military service (so I was older than most college freshmen), I was in the library supposedly doing research for my term paper for psychology class, when I discovered Dupuy & Dupuy's Encyclopedia of Military History. I started reading it and I was just wowed by the chronology format and presentation. I sat there and started immediately reading the Thirty Years War section of the Encyclopedia because it was something I knew I didn't understand. 👍

@townazier Жыл бұрын

Great video! Though I would suggest making it clear somehow in the title, that it covers developments and situation leading up to the wars themselves, rather than the conflict. The point of view you present here is rarely covered and you do, as always, amazing job of such a niche topic. I am just worried the video might be overlooked as another thirty years war simple summary.

@Jos_V Жыл бұрын

Love the content, i hope you keep it up in the new year!

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

I hope so too!

@darthwalrus4740 Жыл бұрын

Nice christmas decorations on the tree in the thumbnail! Oh wait... Won't have time to watch right now but will later, happy holidays guys!

@Gabrong Жыл бұрын

Fortunately I've finished that piece long before setting up the Christmas tree :D

@oriusnex 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this series! I've always been of the opinion that this is a defining era for the state of Europe and the world ever after, and should be much more well known by everyone.

@joeshmoe8345 Жыл бұрын

Really cool video, thanks for sharing with us boss.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@_SpamMe Жыл бұрын

One of the messiest and thus deadliest wars in history (if it even can be called a single war), and too often vaguely dismissed as "yeah sure, religious war" (it clearly wasn't just that). Plus, the significance for the development of Europe politically but also socially cannot be overstated; loads of ideas we take more or less for granted now were sorta introduced as a reaction to the horrors of this period.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

well said!

@darrelneidiffer6777 Жыл бұрын

This fills in a big gap for me, thanks.

@nathanfreedy5974 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, great channel.

@michaelmisczuk1188 Жыл бұрын

This was excellent. Some of the comments are worthy of note, too.

@ropeburnsrussell Жыл бұрын

You have made this a little less confusing. Thanks.

@Kim-the-Dane-1952 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for a very informative video. It is an excellent treatment of the subject and has taught me a lot about what lead up to this disaster.

@RoboticDragon Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks a bunch.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@maxpower4436 Жыл бұрын

amazing video thanks

@NKDuisburg02 Жыл бұрын

As a German, the knowledge about the 30YW begins with the Fenstersturz von Prag. Thank you for enlightening the earlier actions.

@jurgbangerter1023 Жыл бұрын

25% of Germany's population was massacred in the 30 year war because of the madness of an inbred RELIGIOUS CATHOLIC AUSTRIAN VON HABSBURG...already the 80 year war in the Netherlands was devestating..the von Habsburgs were a plaque on all humans in Europe and South and Central America, they were about the biggest mass murdererers in Europe's history and all this because they as Catholic Zealouts wanted to stay kings for ever...as soon a Protestantism took over democracies were established and the Royals all over Europe lost their heads..

@realhawaii5o Жыл бұрын

0:10 A. It's an omen B. The end is nigh! C. The economy, fools! D. I wish we lived in more enlightened times... E. If only we had comet sense... F. Oh Comet, Devil's kith and kin...

@notalecguinness3221 Жыл бұрын

Anyway, you lose 1 stability!

@realhawaii5o Жыл бұрын

@@notalecguinness3221 f

@realhawaii5o Жыл бұрын

@@notalecguinness3221 what if my ruler is a scholar?

@notalecguinness3221 Жыл бұрын

@@realhawaii5o Fascinating! That's rather lucky for you, you gain some administrative power (I've had that maybe once :D)

@johnschlong5826 Жыл бұрын

Very well done video

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@mueezadam8438 11 күн бұрын

Even with the hindsight of history, the narrative was so rich that I felt my hairs prickle with fear when I heard such a blatant threat uttered

@gabrielvanhauten4169 Жыл бұрын

incredible video

@lerneanlion Жыл бұрын

The biggest question that popped up every time I see the Thirty Years' War: Why Sultan Osman II did not join this war but go for the war against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth instead?

@maamass Жыл бұрын

Perhaps due to the fact that they were also busy dealing with the Persians?

@kosa9662 Жыл бұрын

Cause Zaporozhian cossacks started seriously raiding Ottoman's costal towns on Black Sea. One time they even raided suburbs of Constantinopol itself

@TheSunderingSea Жыл бұрын

The Ottomans were more than happy to see their primary European adversary tied down in a war, and did not want to give the Christians any reason to pull a coalition together against them.

@vladimirbrabec69 Жыл бұрын

Actually there were broken negotiations between Czechs and Ottomans but because reasons mentioned above, internal struggle and complicated logistics. Ottomans gave no support for Czechs.

@sarahsidney1988 Жыл бұрын

Cool video thanks

@notalecguinness3221 Жыл бұрын

Awesome that you start a whole series on the Thirty Years War! Better than only the spectacular events, I guess, because of the amount of context one need to know to have a clue what actually happened (and for what reasons). I hope you leave enough room for the last part of the war - it always fascinated me why the fighting never stopped even when peace was already negotiated. This war was so exhausting for all participants, even some authors of history books just seem to stop writing after 1635 and jump straight to Westphalia. But I have great confidence in the dedication and ressources of the channel that you manage to round up this bloody mess!

@highlightboy23 Жыл бұрын

This page and their videos deserve more subscribers and likes.

@etwothec Жыл бұрын

you have good well researched scripts and graphics on your show, I think the audio is the only thing that could use a professional upgrade sounds like you're talking from a box far away.

@oguzkaganonder1331 Жыл бұрын

I would advice you to take a look at Siege of Nagykanizsa 1601, as it is probably the most succesfull and perfect siege defense in history, it would be a great content for your amazing channel

@peterschaldemose7861 Жыл бұрын

What a great lesson

@CompagnoPietro Жыл бұрын

I, by chance, happened to witness the reenactment of the second defenistrstion in Prague on it's anniversary while on vacation in Prague. I wasn't aware of the background.

@levicrandall Жыл бұрын

0:09 If we only had comet sense! *-1 Stability*

@eldermoose7938 Жыл бұрын

the lead up is honestly almost as cool as the actual war

@notthefbi7932 Жыл бұрын

One of the most confusing wars to keep up with 😬

@zetectic7968 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! More new information for me & thanks to you for a very good video explaining the causes clearly. I look forward to more great content from you in 2023. Sadly my funds are limited so I can only support you by renewing my Nord subscription.

@robertboyle2573 Жыл бұрын

For anyone interested the 1970 film The Last Valley is set during the Thirty Years War, and very good it is too!

@matthewdavid6134 Жыл бұрын

All this could’ve been solved with with just one phrase “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” -The big JC.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 Жыл бұрын

The beginnings of an unholy war in the Holy Roman Empire.

@frantiseksichinger1190 Жыл бұрын

Unholy german confederate*

@Eamonshort1 Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, just started listening to hell on earth but was looking for a more concise summation of the prelude and beginnings, and this is it.

@raylast3873 8 ай бұрын

It should be noted that movements like the Hussites and the Peasant Wars were massively driven by the economic suffering of the peasantry, while the actual Reformation essentially boiled down to a clash of interests between the Church and the traditional hierarchy on the one hand, and the high nobility as well as the rising urban classes. The question of feudalism and the nobility itself, and the related question of the fate of the peasantry, were not really on the table here.

@pablolongobardi7240 Жыл бұрын

What I learnt today: the thirty years war is far too complicated to learn casually listening to a podcast on the way to work. Mental summary: important people in and out of the empire were too concerned about what others believed and too afraid that others were going to impose their religion on them

@raylast3873 8 ай бұрын

The thing is, I don‘t actually think the 30 Years War (or anything else that happened before 1840) has nearly as much of an impact on modern Germany-especially psychologically-as people think. It had a defining impact on the makeup of post-Reformation central Europe, easily up to the Napoleonic Wars (or more accurately, French Revolution Shocks) and is therefore crucial to understanding the history of the polities of the era. But these polities and the social classes that made them up are gone decisively. I actually suspect that it‘s mostly a part of the national mythos that we are directly shaped by specific events in the distant past; in actuality, the consciousness of the masses is shaped predominantly and overwhelmingly by the present, and in fact the practical ways in which we are still involved in the same conflicts of say, the period since 1840 usually go unacknowledged and have little or no place in the national consciousness at all. What‘s actually shaping our lives are the Revolutions of 1848 and 1918 and their material results. But our memory of them is not shaping us, for the most part because it barely exists at all.

@johnmorales6281 Жыл бұрын

It's a good week when the big 3 of military history content creators makes a video....

@manfredgrieshaber8693 Жыл бұрын

The Habsburgs needed to reconquer the Netherlands as this seven provinces had been the most powerful parts of the Habsburg territories in economic terms. But the Spanish had lost the maritime option in the battles of the Great Armada in 1588 and later in the battle of Dunkirk in 1609. The french king wanted to break the Habsburg encirclement (Habsburgs ruled in Spain, Portugal, Northern Italy, Burgundy, Alsace and in the Spanish Netherlands, nowadays Belgium). So he wanted to jam the so called spanish roads along the River Rhine. The Habsburgs tried to strenghten their strongholds along this roads. When the count palatine intervened in the bohemian struggle he gave the Emperor the opportunity to occupy his country. And the Landgraves of Hesse got into a bitter struggle about the religious terms in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg. The Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel violated the contract about the heritage of Hesse so his own cousin, the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt accused him at the Reichshoftag. The Emperor supported him but forced him to hand over the fortress Rheinfels located on the left bank of the River Rhine to the Spanish Emperor. Later the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt became an ally to the Habsburgs, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel became a swedish ally and both transferred their countries into a major battleground of the Thirty Years War. All this mess and loss of lives only because the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel had forced the subjects in Hesse-Marburg to chance from lutherian protestantism to calvinism.

@urosmarjanovic663 Жыл бұрын

This has to be the best explanation of why and how 30-years' War begun I've seen on youtube.

@levitatingoctahedron922 Жыл бұрын

doesn't mention semitic finance. it's the kosher explanation.

@urosmarjanovic663 Жыл бұрын

@@levitatingoctahedron922 The what?

@eidechsentyp1236 Жыл бұрын

@@levitatingoctahedron922 Ohh the Jewish world conspiracy! Directly from the protocols?

@levitatingoctahedron922 Жыл бұрын

@@eidechsentyp1236 If the blatant evidence wasn't everywhere you could always just study their Talmud, which unlike protocols they can't deny is their own. Tells you everything you need to know.

@eidechsentyp1236 Жыл бұрын

@@levitatingoctahedron922 where in the Talmud does it say that they started the thirty years war?

@konst80hum Жыл бұрын

This is gonna be good!

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

Damn i had a hard time with the Thirty Years War book (Peter H. Wilson). The writing is very complicated and often assumes you know what the author is talking about. no idea how you manage to read tru it to make this video. I don't think i've ever tried to read a more confusing book in my life. kudos!

@DerWeisskunig Жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to getting that book. Was it your introduction to the Thirty Years War, or did you already have a fundamental understanding of the war?

@olivercromwell432 Жыл бұрын

his book if for advanced students

@wanderingchandelure95 Жыл бұрын

Then C. V. Wedgewood’s The Thirty Years War might be the book for you. It’s written in 1920s, sure, but personally I found it much more readable and less hefty than Europe’s Tragedy.

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

@@wanderingchandelure95 hm wonder why its not on google books. will have to ship it from overseas. thanks for the recomendation btw Eidt: i found his biography of William of Orange and i am having a good time. Double thank you :)

@ArtilleryAffictionado1648 Жыл бұрын

@@DerWeisskunig it's hard to explain. i had read the entire english wikipedia page and knew a lot about the HRE and it's geography. still found the book strange... Like for starters the introduction takes 300 pages and most of it is not used in the book. The war itself is described in a very confusing way. Don't think i disrespect the author, but he makes so little effort to keep you engaged :/

@markgarrett3647 Жыл бұрын

Man learning about this conflict pretty much ruined the Bourbon monarchs and the French Catholic Church for me.

@mihovilraboteg6160 Жыл бұрын

"The most Christian Turks of Europe"

@zetectic7968 Жыл бұрын

Well the Hapsburg's didn't exactly come out smelling of roses, plus their inbreeding didn't help.

@mihovilraboteg6160 Жыл бұрын

@@zetectic7968 Yes but every time they had the turks on the run or were close to uniting europe (Carlos V for example) "the most catholic" louis 123 had to intervine

@zetectic7968 Жыл бұрын

@@mihovilraboteg6160 True. Under the doctrine of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, not that it helped France in the long term with their fight with the English.

@genghiskhanthereaper6327 Жыл бұрын

@@zetectic7968 TURKS NEVER RUN TURKS MASSACRED EUROPEANS AND OR RULED GOLDEN AGE FOR OTTOMAN EMPİRE İN 15 16 CENTURY OTTOMAN RULED ALL EUROEPANS İN AND GREAT WAR İN THİRD WARS CATHOLİC.VS PROTESTAN.

@12azama Жыл бұрын

Whats the song that is playing at the start of the video?

@raylast3873 8 ай бұрын

Imperial Cities in the HRE weren‘t just independent from the powerful aristocrats, they were legally equal to them and essentially had their own feudal property. I.e. and Imperial City had it‘s own fiefdom where the peasants were vassals not to a local nobleman, but to the council of the imperial city and had to pay taxes/levies to the city. This legal framework was a massive driver of urbanization but also proved a major source of conflict with the powerful princes. As these became more and more powerful, the fact that most of the economically valuable cities in the empire were legally independent of them was obviously a problem. That they would seek to annex these cities as well as fight over them was basically inevitable.

@manog6236 6 ай бұрын

iv been reading the ring of fire series by eric flint where a modern american town got isekaied to the 30yrs war. I really got intrested at the period.

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

staggering!

@Mechabang Жыл бұрын

The Thirty Years War would be a great sequel idea for Kingdom Come Deliverance

@dembro27 7 ай бұрын

Wasn't it set before the Hussite Wars? I think Henry's dad mentioned Jan Hus being burned at the stake.

@andzzz2 Жыл бұрын

Really great job! The Thirty Years' War is such an instructive conflict with, unfortunately, many parallels with today. While our current rulers could certainly use a refresher course in the hard won lessons of Westphalian sovereignty, the tensions that led to the conflagration and how they could have been better managed, are even more important. I can highly recommend C.V. Wedgwood's classic on the subject. One factor you touched on needs some added context. That is the Spanish superpower was basically bankrupt at this point and NEEDED to retake the Netherlands at the end of the Twelve Years' Truce (1621). Ferdinand II's ambitions may have destabilised a fragile status quo, which have been unsalvageable anyway, as you point out, but any strong Palatinate would have sunk his Spanish cousins. There is nothing more dangerous than a superpower in decline.

@ekesandras1481 Жыл бұрын

The Dutch were pirating along the coast of Brazil and even occupied parts of the country. No Spanish/Portuguese king could accept such a hostile behavior.

@andzzz2 Жыл бұрын

@@ekesandras1481 That must have really stung, but the Low Countries themselves were needed for their wealth. At least acoording to CV Wedgwood.

@charlesiragui2473 Жыл бұрын

Small point: Ferdinand II was supported by Phillip III of Spain, not Phillip II. Phillip II had died in 1598. Great video. I especially liked the focus on the governance of the HRE, which is generally ignored.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Damn! Don't know how that made it into the video but I've added a correction statement to the pinned comment!

@retepeyahaled2961 Жыл бұрын

I have a theory and would gladly hear your opinion on it. Spain had gained tremendous riches and thereby power since it conquered parts of America and parts of Asia. Their royals (the Habsburgs) bought many thrones in southern Europe and even seized a major influence in the Catholic Church. The countries in middle and northern Europe did not want to yield to the Spanish / Habsburgs nor to the Catholic church which they saw as a fifth column in service of the Spanish. So therefore the protestants were helped to political power by non Habsburg nobility, who in this way stopped the influence of the Spanish. My theory: protestantism was helped into becoming a major religion to stop Spanish influence in countries, that did not want to fall into the hands of the Spanish / Habsburg nobility.

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

-- opinion on the top of my head without much further thinking or research -- Depending on how far you want to go with this argument, I think it's a reasonable assumption, especially because you say "helped into becoming", implying that there are many other factors. However, I'm not sure whether all of that is specifically related to the Spanish Habsburgs. I mean, yes, you're probably correct regarding the Dutch and their motivation to oppose the Spanish but for other's it really was the influence of the church itself (and the pope) on everyday life (I think that's especially true for Luther and his time). For the normal soldier, part of the motivation to go to war was salvation. Some of them really thought that if they won't fight for the protestant or catholic cause that they might go to hell. For an important aristocrat however, the motivation might have had more of a basis in power dynamics and politics. But generally speaking, we should not forget that Protestantism had a deep religious root, but overtime it became entangled with politics (as everything does, and that's okay). That doesn't mean it was solely political. It was both at the same time. For a German prince, Protestantism was a good alternative to increase his own position. I think he didn't think of the Spanish Habsburgs but rather about his positions and his opportunities within the HRE. So, I guess, I'm trying to say that yes, opposition to the Spanish Habsburgs was a major factor for some to become a protestant (as was opposition to the monarch in France and elsewhere I'd add) but it's not enough to explain the movement. What about all the states in central and northern Europe (Denmark, England, Sweden etc.)? They didn't really have a connection to the Spanish and in the east the Austrians did their own thing for most of the time.

@retepeyahaled2961 Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory Thank you very much for your response. So opposition against Spanish influence played a role, but it was one of multiple factors; I gladly adopt your view.

@sheldonwheaton881 Жыл бұрын

I've found it almost impossible to explain this War to folks who aren't somewhat familiar with the time. "It's really complicated". As a " map nut", I still can't name the various German Statelets of the era!

@superlegomaster55 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video to end 12-2022

@trockenerkakau6585 Жыл бұрын

can you make a video about the siege of cadiz of 1810

@antonleimbach648 Жыл бұрын

I can totally relate to the guy with the pipe at 13:14 WTF is happening?!?!

@oriffel Жыл бұрын

awesome

@realhawaii5o Жыл бұрын

1:30 tragedy!? My homeland of Portugal is independent because of this war. Anything but a tragedy. It was a beautiful moment of sucking it to the Habsburgs.

@generaltom6850 6 ай бұрын

17:40,I checked but I don’t think Fredrick V was margrave of Brandenburg, rather only count palatine of the Rhine (at the time).

@SandRhomanHistory 6 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean. We never say Frederick V was margrave of Brandenburg. Joachim Ernst was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach at the time (he’s never mentioned but represented by his portrait several times)

@generaltom6850 5 ай бұрын

Ah okay, because at 17:40 in the subtitles it was written Fredrick V Margrave of Brandenburg. Pretty sure the youtube subtitles were wrong.

@gerfand Жыл бұрын

Watching this video, you wonder if that could have been prevented

@merelleenman Жыл бұрын

''babe, wake up, SandRhoman uploaded.''

@jacobhammock3355 Жыл бұрын

The League war for me is probably the most fascinating time in Europe history

@ingold1470 Жыл бұрын

0:15 - Was the "twin-tailed comet" in Warhammer Fantasy adapted from this event?

@dembro27 7 ай бұрын

Probably. The Empire is inspired by the HRE.

@dmitritelvanni4068 Жыл бұрын

Everyone go read "as above so below" by Rudy Rucker. Trust me. Exceptionally written. Utterly captivating. Read it twice in 2 weeks lol.

@Ramtin-Blue_rose Жыл бұрын

Would you suggest any book on thirty years war ?

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

for an in-depth overview definitely Wilson, Europe’s Tragedy. complicated but well worth the time.

@TheGrenadier97 Жыл бұрын

One can easily see the politics behind these supposedly religious conflicts. In any case, i wish things like Luther never happened.

@MM22966 Жыл бұрын

So, pro tip: Don't try and enact political change by throwing people out of windows/off roofs.

@sarcasmo57 Жыл бұрын

Would suck to start such a long war.

@jacobharmon9795 Жыл бұрын

I think there might be an error with your map, the low countries look reeeeally close to England

@russellgardener126 Жыл бұрын

17:16 - did you mean Philip III of Spain? Philip II died about 19 years previously

@Taleton Жыл бұрын

I hear a Swiss Man in the voice of the speaker... Well done thanks!

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

Grüezi and thanks!

@Taleton Жыл бұрын

@@SandRhomanHistory Gruess us Sparta.... and a happy New Year wünsch ich dir....

@MR-G-Rod Жыл бұрын

In the Western pre-modern era, religious questions became a political struggle (30 years war for example). In the Western post-modern era, political questions became a religious struggle (Aryan, Statism).

@xassix Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does the political structure and polarization of the Holy Roman Empire look suspiciously like that of the contemporary United States?

@CommissarCasper Жыл бұрын

Love your work señor

@genovayork2468 Жыл бұрын

Very much improved graphics for maps, it was high time, with a subscriber count of the order of hundreds of thousands! Beware of saying one elector was the duke of Saxony, since the title is usually descriptive of the Ernestine branch after the Schmalkaldic War. The Spanish king was Felipe III, but you wrote and said Felipe II and put a picture of Felipe IV, it was almost parodically wrong! I recognise the Peace of Xanten is copy-pasted from Wikipedia. Using Wkipedia as a source is fully fine, copy-pasting induces unfamiliarity with the subject. Your first map excludes the French dominion of Calais and west Artois. I don't see why Royal Prussia should be highlighted. Sweden didn't annex Livonia yet until 1629. Highlighting Portugal in the Spanish Crown is also futile, it had the same status of personal union member like Aragon, Castile, Flanders, Namur etc.. Showing it separate seems part of the modern sensibility of not thinking of Portugal as Spain. The borders of Lusatia, Silesia, the Carpathian principalities, Crimea and PLC are a little off and the omissions of Couto Misto, Sora, Papal Benevento, the idea that the Low Countries were not part of Germany are other minor mistakes.

@5thMilitia Жыл бұрын

I mean, would it really make sense to show the Low Countries as part of Germany? Showing it as part of the Spanish Netherlands is more logical

@genovayork2468 Жыл бұрын

@@5thMilitiaYou're confused. Germany was one of the three base constituent kingdoms of the HRE, it had had the majority of the Low Countries since 870. Anyway, "showing" it a part of Germany doesn't have anything to do, it was about, for example, a conjunctive enumeration of the Low Countries and Germany, which is obviously wrong since one is part of the other. The fact not all the Low Countries were part of Germany may make it correct at least partially, however. But you get the point, it was about the idea. Even if you thought of Germany as "the lands populated by Germans": 1) How would you show this on a map? 2) How would the Spanish Netherlands and Germany be mutually exclusive?

@5thMilitia Жыл бұрын

@@genovayork2468 were does he show the base constituent kingdoms in this video?

@genovayork2468 Жыл бұрын

@@5thMilitia Read it again.

@samuelbutler2566 Жыл бұрын

Interestingly, the brewing threat of religious war and the sighting of Halley's comet is one of the main things that caused many of the English Puritan pilgrims living in Holland to set sail for North America.

@petejohnson8366 Жыл бұрын

The founders of the Constitution understood the history and that's why we have religious freedom in this country