Europe 1598-1715

Adolphus affairs aggrandisement alliance allies ambition army attack Baltic battle Bavaria became Bohemia Brandenburg Catholic Charles Christian Christian of Anhalt Church civilisation Colbert Condé conquest court Crown danger Danube death defeat Denmark dominions duchy duke Dutch east Prussia Edict Edict of Restitution Elector Elector Palatine Emperor Empire enemy England English Europe favour Ferdinand force foreign fortresses France Frederick William French frontier Germany Gustavus hands Henry History House of Austria House of Orange Huguenots Hungary imperial imperialist independence interests Italy king lands League Louis XIV Lutheran Mansfeld Maximilian Mazarin ment military minister monarchy negotiations Netherlands nobles once organisation Oxenstjerna Palatine Paris Parlement Partition Treaty peace peace of Westphalia Philip Poland political Pope princes Protestant Protestantism recognised religion religious revolution Rhine Richelieu Russia Savoy Saxony secure Spain Spanish success supremacy Sweden Swedish Tilly tion troops Turenne Turks United Provinces victory vols Wallenstein Witt