History of the Thirty Years' War

abandoned alliance allies arms assistance attack Banner battle Bavaria bishop Bohemia Brandenburg camp cause cavalry church command confederates conquests courage court crown danger Danube defeat defend dignity Duke Bernard Duke of Bavaria Duke of Friedland Elbe Elector of Bavaria Elector of Brandenburg Elector of Saxony Emperor Empire enemy Estates fate favor fear Ferdinand force formidable fortress fortune France Franconia Frederick garrison Germany Gustavus Adolphus hands hastened Hesse hope hostile House of Austria Hungary Imperialists King of Sweden kingdom Landgrave League Leipzig liberty lost Lower Saxony Magdeburg Mansfeld Matthias Maximilian monarch Moravia Nuremberg Oxenstiern Palatinate party peace peror Pomerania possession Prague princes Protestant provinces quarters Ratisbon regiments religion religious rendered retreat Rhine Roman Catholic secure Silesia soldiers soon sovereign Spaniards Spanish Swedes territories thousand threatened throne Tilly tion Torstensohn town treaty troops Union Upper Palatinate victory Vienna Wallenstein Weimar whole zeal