Three Decades of Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War was a major war in European history that had a major influence on the future of Europe, yet outside of history people, people seem to know very little besides the basics. I hope you want to learn more about this war and I promise to try to not sound like a dry history book. Welcome to Three Decades of Tragedy!
Podcasting since 2020 • 102 episodes
Three Decades of Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War
Latest Episodes
Episode 99: End of the Eighty Years War
Welcome back! We cover the side content of the war as the Spanish and Dutch create a peace that would bring an end to their over half a century war. France gets the rough side of this, and the last distractions fall away as the war gears up for...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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12:29
Episode 98: The Re-entry of Bavaria
Welcome back! This week I cover the re-entry of Bavaria and Colonge in the war as the Truce of Ulm collapses. Can the imperials improve their positions for the negotiations? Sorry for the audio quality, but I'm a bit too sick to rerecord it. An...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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8:40
Episode 97: Beginning of the End
Welcome back! Sorry for being a day late, and this week we cover more diplomacy, this time based around Spain and the Austrians. I also cover what the militaries were up to during the Ulm Truce, and how we start to move into the final campaigns...
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11:54
Episode 96: The Growing Peace
Welcome back! This week we go over the debates over the reality of peace and what it would be for the HRE. The main focus was on amnesty and restitution, as well as what the normative year would be for the empire. Politics is politics, but ther...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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14:46
Episode 95: Brandenburg
Welcome back! This week we go over more of the diplomatic side of the war, showing how land would be used to help negotiate, and how the Austrians used their hand effectively to keep what they needed. The war was dying off in terms of major bat...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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10:23