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When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

WDF 25.8: SPECIAL= The 30 Years War Part Thirteen: 1638-1642

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

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2014

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back! Here we look at the years 1638-42; what everyone was doing and why. Of particular mention is the Spanish ruin in the face of its angry so-called friends, as well as the numerous meetings that would soon form the backbone of Westphalia. Eventually. THANKSSSSSSS!Remember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0

Imagine winning £15 million on Christmas Day.

0:05.5

The £15 million £lotto jackpot must be won on Christmas Day.

0:10.7

There's still time to get in the draw.

0:13.1

Lotto, will you be the next millionaire?

0:16.1

The National Lottery, rules and procedures apply.

0:18.5

Players must be 18 or over.

0:28.7

Thank you. lottery, rules of procedures apply, players must be 18 or over. When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war,

0:35.2

which provideth for every man by victory or death.

0:39.3

Thomas Hobbes. Dr. William Harvey was the attach to the English ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire

1:16.6

and attended the Regensburg meeting in the summer of 1636 which was intended to cement

1:22.6

Ferdinand III status as his father's successor.

1:26.6

While he stayed in the town of Regensburg, Dr.

1:29.2

Harvey explored the surrounding countryside of the town and witnessed first-hand the kind

1:34.0

of devastation Englishmen could only have imagined in their worst nightmares. Harvey noted

1:39.3

with particular horror the fact that the war continued despite the awful state of the area

1:43.7

and the plight of the

1:44.5

citizens.

1:46.3

This warfare in Germany, he wrote, threatened in the end anarchy and confusion, and he also

1:51.8

commented on, the necessity they have here of making peace on any condition, where there is

1:57.1

no means more of making war, or scarce of subsistence.

2:01.9

Charles I of England was made aware by the reports of Harvey just how bad the situation

2:06.6

in the Holy Roman Empire had become, since Ferdinand II, of course, would never reveal just

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