Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1614 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gustavus Adolphus, Richelieu's Money, and the Swedish Phase
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The idea
In sixteen thirty Gustavus Adolphus invaded with French money from Cardinal Richelieu, Catholic France against Catholic Habsburgs. He won at Breitenfeld in sixteen thirty-one, a witness name, and died in battle in sixteen thirty-two; Wallenstein was assassinated in sixteen thirty-four.
In practice
Protestant reprisals matching Catholic ones.
Where people slip
The anchor's thirty-two for Wallenstein is wrong; Lutzen, thirty-two, is conventional.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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