30YearsWar #75: Westphalian Woes [1645-46]
When Diplomacy Fails Podcast
Zack Twamley
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The wide range of interests and powers that gathered at the two Westphalian cities each tell a fascinating story. Whether it was the two French agents that loathed one another; the Dutch tradition of representing each of the seven provinces; Swedish desires to legalise its control over Pomerania; Johan Oxenstierna's frequently drunken state, when he wasn't insisting on trumpets blasting to announce his presence; the Franco-Swedish request on having all Imperial estates represented at Westphalia, regardless of their size; French plans to court Bavaria; the Emperor's plan to prevent the smaller states from attending, and the confusion over exactly what religious settlement would be pushed for - all of these issues made the negotiations dynamic, unpredictable, and occasionally hilarious. Join me as we cover their early phase, while the war carried on in the background.
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| 0:56.7 | Brian did his best to mediate between the two French plenipotentiaries at Westphalia, |
| 1:02.0 | Claude Davo and Abel Servian, but mutual hostility soon made him wash his hands of the whole mission. |
| 1:08.8 | Good effort though, Brian. |
| 1:10.2 | This of course is all lie, |
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