30YearsWar #46: Turning The Tide

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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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

By late 1628, the Habsburgs appeared supreme. The Danes were on the ropes, and all of the Empire was firmly in the grip of Wallenstein.

But appearances were deceptive. The Emperor's triumph was assured, but his cousins were having less luck. Spanish problems in North Italy demanded a united Habsburg response. Spain needed all the help it could get in its Dutch War, but it was the North Italian front, specifically in Mantua, that the Spanish seemed most invested.

Wallenstein was even petitioned. He could spare some men, right? Well, actually, keeping the German peace was a difficult enough task, and the Emperor didn't make it any easier! Flush with victory, Emperor Ferdinand issued the Edict of Restitution, a document so ill-timed and contentious, it changed everything.

The Empire had soured on the Emperor and his trusty generalissimo. The Edict was the final straw.

By summer 1630, Wallenstein was dismissed to appease Vienna's court, just as Germany was fracturing internally, and a new threat appeared on the scene. It was the King of Sweden, and Wallenstein had been warning of his arrival for some time. Worse, he was backed by French money, and a France newly freed from its own domestic troubles.

The Thirty Years' War had truly begun.

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0:00.0	Thanks for your support on Patreon, Andrew Liffrig.
0:04.9	Andrew was fortunate enough to deliver the message to Volenstein, letting him know that his soldiers will be needed for the siege of Mantua.
0:13.3	Good for you, Andrew. This, of course, is all a lie, but if you would like me to lie about you, you know where to go.
0:19.2	Head on over to patreon.com forward slash when diplomacy fails or click on the link in the
0:24.0	description below.
0:25.2	More on that later, but for now, enjoy episode 46 of the 30 Years' War. Hello and welcome history, friends, patrons all too.
0:45.7	Well, a brand new recording era of when diplomacy fails.
0:49.6	You might not be aware, but the reason why this episode was a few days late is because
0:53.7	the Blue Yeti,
0:55.2	unfortunately, has passed away. After many, many years, I think I got it in late 2015.
1:01.8	After many, many years, it was time to put the Blue Yeti to bed. For a few episodes, I think
1:07.0	the audio quality was declining a bit, so I'm very happy to say I'm currently speaking
1:12.7	into a road N-T-USB. I'm not sure what those letters mean, but I do know that that means
1:18.2	things are sounding a lot better than they have in quite a while. I'm very happy with this
1:23.2	sound and I'm very happy with the Road N-T-USB microphone. and yeah, let's start this episode as we intend to finish by welcoming you to the Thirty Years' War.
1:34.3	So, last time we watched La Rochelle fall to the French crown after a siege lasting the guts of a year, the English repeatedly got involved, and Cardinal Richelieu schemed about the best
1:45.5	way to achieve his ends as quickly as possible. In the end, there was no way to rush the final
1:50.7	showdown with the Huguenots, and for Richelieu this was a difficult pill to swallow,
1:55.3	considering the developments in Germany and North Italy. The Emperor Ferdinand II
2:00.5	had taken his final steps towards the
2:03.1	crushing of his enemies in Denmark, but before he did this, the Edict of Restitution was unleashed
2:07.9	in March 1629. At the same time, as we'll see in this episode, the war in Mantua and Montferrat
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