Scotland and the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

• Superior document: History of Warfare Series ; v.6
• Author: Murdoch, Steve.
• TeilnehmendeR: Murdoch, Steve.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.; ©2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)

This volume deals with the entanglement of Scotland in the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), discussing the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict that were interwoven with the fate of the Scottish princess, Elizabeth of Bohemia, the famous Winter Queen.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 2001 279301 -- SECTION ONE: DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS -- 1. Scottish Ambassadors and British Diplomacy -- 1618-163527 -- Steve Murdoch -- 2. Alternative Diplomacy? Scottish Exiles at the Courts of -- the Habsburgs and their Allies, 1618-164851 -- David Worthington -- 3. The Scottish Parliament and European Diplomacy -- 1641-1647: The Palatine, The Dutch Republic and -- Sweden77 -- John R. Young -- SECTION TWO: THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION -- 4. A note on Scottish Soldiers in the Bohemian War -- 1619-1622109 -- J.V. Polisenskj -- 5. Scots in the French and Dutch armies during the -- Thirty Years' War117 -- Matthew Glozier -- 6. Scotland: Sweden's Closest Ally?143 -- Alexia Grosjean -- 7. New Perspectives: Alexander Leslie and the Smolensk -- W ar, 1632-4173 -- Paul Dukes -- 8. Scottish Soldiers, Poland-Lithuania and the Thirty -- Years' War191 -- Robert I. Frost -- 9. Robert Monro: Professional Soldier, Military Historian -- and Scotsm an215 -- William S. Brockington -- SECTION THREE: LASTING IMPRESSIONS -- 10. Wish You Were Here? Scottish reactions to 'Postcards' -- home from the 'Germane Warres'245 -- Dauvit Horsbroch -- 11. German reactions to the Scots in the Holy Roman -- Empire during the Thirty Years' War271 -- Hartmut Ruffer and Kathrin Zickermann -- Index295.