30YearsWar: 17th Century Warfare Episode 15

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

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 listening to the music." For the last 15 episodes, we've surrounded ourselves with a heck of a lot of music, so I hope you're ready to dance!

This is it, our FINAL episode of 2019 [if you're not a patron!] and our last instalment of the 17th Century Warfare series! We've come a long way in our examination of warfare in this eventful century. Everything from Swedish Kings, to siege ingenuity, to barrages of artillery reforms, to the development and spread of the infantry firearm drill. Hopefully after listening in, you feel like you've learned something about warfare worked, and you appreciate me shining this light on a topic which is rarely given the attention it deserves outside of really nerdy history circles.

Hopefully as well, you feel ready and prepared to begin again in the Thirty Years War, and start to climb the mountain which is the actual narrative of the war itself. I for one am REALLY excited to deliver it to you, as it's something which I've been creating and perfecting in the background for YEARS. It is the backbone of our upcoming book, and it's also [to my mind] the ONLY series which analyses this pivotal conflict in the detail it deserves. So, from January 6 2020, I hope to have you in my corner as we revisit those characters, the weighted issues and the high drama once again.

This time, with the knowledge of how it ends, and how it keeps going for three decades, I hope you will find me a more accomplished guide! Either way, soon it'll be time to lay down your arms, and listen into our latest deep dive. Until it arrives though, have a wonderful, safe and happy Christmas/Hannukah/New Year etc., and I'll be seeing you all....soon!

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0:00.0	Hello!
0:03.0	Hello and welcome history friends, patrons all, to our final episode of 17th century warfare. It's been a really fun
0:23.9	ride over the last few months and, well, I suppose over a year as well, because the way we've
0:28.7	been releasing these episodes hasn't really been straightforward or clever, but we've done our
0:34.8	best and we've reached the end of a story here, which really serves as the prequel to the proper narrative series on the 30 Years War.
0:41.8	So if you're a bit confused as to what our plan is, from the beginning of next year we will be starting that narrative and I'm really, really excited to sink my teeth into it.
0:52.2	Of course, you should be aware if you weren't aware already somehow,
0:55.6	that we do have a book coming out on the Thirty Years' War,
0:58.5	which is going to gather all of this material together,
1:01.3	in a very hopefully accessible and hopefully enjoyable format,
1:05.4	which you will be happy to feast your eyes upon,
1:08.4	as much as you're happy to feast your ears upon this audio content here.
1:12.9	We are nearing the end of 2019 and, well, I mean, there's no other right to say it other than,
1:19.5	I guess, the United Kingdom has decided to select a particular Prime Minister for their own.
1:26.4	And I've tried to stay away from politics. I'm not going
1:29.5	to go into any real detail here. But if you follow me on Twitter, you know how I feel about the
1:34.2	subject. And needless to say, I feel crushingly disappointed. I don't really know where we go from
1:41.0	here, where the UK goes from here. and no, Ireland is not part of the United
1:45.2	Kingdom, so yes, if you were one of those people online, you could say, it's none of your business,
1:50.5	Irish man, keep to your own affairs, but then again, we are a very interconnected world these
1:56.3	days, and I would be remiss if I didn't say something, or if I didn't make my opinions clear, at least in some respect.
2:03.0	It is a sad day in my view for Britain and for British people.
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