Wallenstein. The Enigma of the Thirty Years War

68 6. Some Achieve Greatness ( Twelfth Night) Wallenstein’s long-term security in his new lands depended on Ferdinand’s success ...

Some Achieve Greatness 69 A series of letters which she wrote to him has survived, and in these the formality of address of the ...

70 Wallenstein lands then deemed essential to sustain the relevant level of dignity. Wallenstein was the first of the nouveau ri ...

Some Achieve Greatness 71 only other help from within Germany came from the eccentric young Duke Christian of Brunswick, adminis ...

72 Wallenstein external enemy was a job for a senior general. Moreover the Imperial war council still believed in the superiorit ...

Some Achieve Greatness 73 the anti-Habsburg views of his parliament and the London mob, and to the pleadings of his son-in-law F ...

74 Wallenstein the Imperialist side were fortunate to gain a respite due to the divisions among their opponents. The attempts of ...

Some Achieve Greatness 75 advanced into northern Germany with an army of 20,000 men, which he had recruited and financed from hi ...

76 Wallenstein that he needed to act, and to goad Ferdinand and his council into acting, if he was to preserve his own property ...

Some Achieve Greatness 77 in due course did, run to establishing the force, but supporting it for any significant period thereaf ...

78 Wallenstein his influence to hasten a decision.^13 In April he was informed privately that he was to be appointed to command ...

Some Achieve Greatness 79 reduced to trying desperately to evade the enemy, and saved from dis- aster at Göding only by the late ...

80 Wallenstein Wallenstein’s own contribution to this feat of organisation is evi- dent from the huge number of letters, orders, ...

Some Achieve Greatness 81 recruit competent officers and soldiers to his armies irrespective of their religion. In this appointm ...

82 7. Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King (Hamlet) The Dessau bridge Wallenstein’s appointment as Imperial general had come too l ...

Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King 83 independent rather than united action. Although this was making a virtue of necessity it w ...

84 Wallenstein far between as well as easily fortified or broken down. Hence over the winter Wallenstein had substantial defence ...

Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King 85 can be placed even on what are supposed to be the best accounts of a battle. ... It is imp ...

86 Wallenstein approached was well screened from Mansfeld on the opposite side. The fortifications would have largely hidden the ...

Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King 87 to respond. The first step was to move up enough reinforcements to prevent Mansfeld gainin ...