30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 15
In the words of the historian John A. Lynn, "trying to understand seventeenth-century European history without weighing the influence of war and military institutions is like trying to dance without l...
18 Dec 201939min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 14
Our war is nearly over, but we still have some matters to discuss! Here we summarise what we’ve learned over the last few episodes, and pave the way for the narrative to come. There is much we still d...
4 Dec 201937min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 13
This is a tale of two sieges! We examine the siege of St Martins on the Isle of Re by the ENglish, and the siege of Mantua by the Imperials and Spanish. These two sieges in the late 1620s were pivotal...
20 Nov 201944min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 12
We've heard a great deal about how armies changed during the 17th century, and how their commanders adopted new tactics and reforms to increase their firepower and ferocity. BUT what about the states ...
6 Nov 201935min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 11
Breitenfeld. The most important battle of the Thirty Years War in my view, and the ideal but also terrifying testing ground for all of Gustavus' new reforms. Could the Swedish King leverage all his in...
23 Okt 201940min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 10
At long last, our series on 17th century warfare smacks straight into the man many of you probably came all this way to see. What did Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden do to make his name in the military sp...
9 Okt 201937min
30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 9
In our ninth installment on 17th century warfare, we assess the overall contribution of the Dutch to the military revolution, through a few important spheres. We will learn that spreading the word abo...
25 Sep 201937min
PINYL: A) Creating a Commonwealth Part 1
How did Poland and Lithuania come to be joined together as one state? Here we answer that critically important question, as well as several others which go along with it. Of course, our story may begi...
16 Sep 201931min
