53.1 Khmelnitsky Cossack Rebellion 1648
A History of Europe Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
First Part of a series 'The Ruin and the Deluge' on the turbulent late 17th century of eastern Europe. In 1648 the Cossacks start a major rebellion against their Polish overlords. In an attempt to retain autonomy for his people, the Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnitsky (pictured) appeals to Tsar Alexis of Moscow for help
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Nocturne in B flat minor, Op.9 no.1
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op.6 no.2
Polonaise, Op. 71 no.1
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| 1:07.0 | This is The Ruin and the Deluge, 1655 to 1667, Part 1 of 3. |
| 1:18.3 | In Central Europe, the year 1648 marks a watershed moment, the peace of Westphalia, which |
| 1:31.3 | after 30 years of warfare, at last brought a degree of relative peace and stability to |
| 1:36.9 | the regions of the Holy Roman Empire. |
| 1:40.6 | Elsewhere in Europe, however, violence and turmoil, if anything, increased in the second half of the 17th century. |
| 1:47.0 | A series of political and social convulsions, collectively known to historians as the crises of the 17th century, |
| 1:56.0 | shook the continent from England and Ireland in the west to Russia in the east and from Scandinavia |
| 2:02.6 | in the north to Italy and Spain in the south. Historians often view these crises as a |
| 2:11.6 | culmination of a struggle which had been taking place for several centuries within many European states |
| 2:18.6 | between a centralised authority, usually invested in the king, on the one hand, and rival political |
| 2:25.8 | centres offer noble and urban estates on other. It can be seen as a period of history where |
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