30YearsWar #36: Creating Supremacy

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

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Matchlock is a historical fiction series set during the Thirty Years' War, beginning in 1622, when Matthew Lock lands in Europe to investigate the brutal murder of his parents.

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By late 1626, Emperor Ferdinand was riding high. But this season of triumph was not enough. Ferdinand had bigger dreams than the mere destruction of his enemies. He imagined a new world order, where threats to the Habsburg dynasty ceased to exist, and the Catholic Church bloomed. Sound too tyrannical and storybook to be true? Judge for yourself.

After turning down the best opportunity for a German peace in summer 1627, it was hard to avoid the impression that the Habsburgs were going for broke, and aimed at nothing less than total victory. To create their supremacy under the force of so many Habsburg levies, the dynasty would have to ignore many ill-omens on the way. Perhaps the greatest ill-omen of all was the idea that the Emperor could only push Europe so far, before it united against him. The lesson was heard, but it was not learned.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	London to Manchester from just 32 pounds each way.
0:20.5	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoast.combe.
0:28.8	combe.
0:28.8	Fawood slash plan.
0:32.1	Thanks for your support on Patreon, Vidar Stephenson.
0:37.1	Stephenson was a visionary commander of the artillery and was present during the Battle of
0:43.2	Luter in 1626.
0:45.3	Unfortunately, he was blown to smithereens by an iron shell, but at least he had a good run.
0:50.5	This, of course, is all the lie, but if you would like me to lie about you, then head on over to Patreon.
0:55.7	More about that later, but for now, enjoy episode 36 of the Thirty Years' War.
1:18.8	Hello and welcome history, friends, patrons all to the Thirty Years' War.
1:25.3	Last time, we saw the Hague Alliance effectively crumble to pieces after a series of defeats of its major military actors, and the deaths of leading lights of the Antihamsberg camp, Ernst of Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick.
1:34.3	King Christian IV of Denmark was defeated in the Battle of Luther in August 1626, and he was in full retreat back to Denmark's Jutland Peninsula.
1:46.2	So he was in no position to carry the burden of the war any longer, and in fact with the English, French and Dutch all occupied in turn,
1:53.5	he was on his own. Contrary to the hopes of Frederick V and the fears of Emperor Ferdinand,
2:00.7	the Hague Alliance had misfired catastrophically.
2:04.8	The King of Denmark, although he was certainly down, was not yet out.
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