Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

starts with the tactics and life of the young Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, who began his military career at the age of 16 on the battlefields of the Danish War of 1612,

Protestants become more oppressed there will be a growing tension between the two states. As Catholics start to restrain the Protestant's freedom, a rebellion will occur. The Swedes were directly involved in the Thirty Years War. Their Lutheran king, Gustavus Adolphus, was one of the most significant leaders during the time of these religious wars. He was known as the "Father of Modern Warfare" due to his actions and contributions towards the Battle of Breitenfeld. In the Battle of Breitenfeld, the French

The Thirty Years’ War was one of the most time consuming and destructive wars in history. It took place in the center of Europe, mostly in what is now Germany. This war started in 1618 and ended in 1648. The Thirty Years’ War lasted for 30 years, hence the name. The war was between different Catholic and Protestants states, but then developed into a greater conflict in which greater powers were involved. There were four phases of this war. There was the Bohemian phase, the Danish phase, the Swedish

increased immensely. Parker argued that the demands of new siege style warfare required men to provision siege lines while attacking and to garrison towns and citadels while defending rose the number of soldiers required to sustain a war. Gustavus Adolphus used an army of one hundred and seventy five thousand men to obliterate Habsburg influence in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain mobilised three hundred thousand men in the 1630's, which is far greater than the amount of troops used before. Armies

The Thirty Years’ War began as a battle of religion in the Holy Roman Empire but soon became a battle over political power in Continental Europe. The Peace of Augsburg (1555), which was previously established in the Holy Roman Empire, had given a toleration to Lutherans and gave them a gateway to more political and religious power in their provinces. This new Lutheran power and the Calvinist power from the Letter of Majesty (1609), established by Rudolph II to tolerate Calvinism along with Lutheranism

Thirty Years War Philip, Spanish kings. Philip I (the Handsome), 1478-1506, king of Castile (1506), was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy. He inherited Burgundy and the Low Countries from his mother and was titular joint ruler of Castile with his wife, Joanna. But her father ruled these lands as his regent, so he contested (1504) Ferdinand's regency and assumed (1506) joint rule of Castile with his wife. Philip's early death, however, and his wife's deteriorating

Background A thorough understanding of the Thirty Years’ War is essential in discussing the effects of the Peace of Westphalia. Religion dominated authority in Europe in the 16th century, namely Catholicism. However, dissatisfaction grew as the Protestant Reformation gained more followers, resulting in tension and divisions throughout the Holy Roman Empire. Weakened imperial power and unrest between ruler and subjects began as early as 1555. Although the Thirty Years’ War broke-out based on religious

that had to do with it. The different techniques that were processed in a short period of time were the start of the Military Revolution. As a matter of fact, someone that changed the war tactics in an increasing way was Gustavus Adolphus, which was the king of Sweden. Gustavus army began something called the salvo which was really different from the way they used to fight, which was the infantry fired row by row. The salvo was that the rows would fire all at once, so that caused the opposing squadrons

Provinces are declared independent. Besides Catholic and Lutheran, now Calvinist religion is also accepted, moreover the freedom of private worship was also introduced (“Germany During the Reformation”). France receives three Lorraine bishoprics, while Sweden expanded from northern Germany, shifting the balance of power towards their

war was fought in response to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand the Second attempting to restrict the rights of the protestants in europe. Kaden: the countries involved were Spain,Netherlands, Denmark, the Catholic and protestant parts of germany,Sweden,the french and the british. Kaden: It started off in the 1590’s actually when Ferdinand the second and the duke maximilian stamped out protestantism in austria and bavaria, and following that in 1607 when they furthered the abuse with letting christians