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.