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The Swearing in of the Lansquenets (1555)
Lansquenets were foot soldiers who fought as mercenaries in the 15th and 16th centuries and whose....
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Defenestration of Prague on May 23, 1618 (1646)
This image depicts the events of May 23, 1618, the date on which a group of about 200 representatives....
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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1625)
Although Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583-1634) came from a Protestant Bohemian noble family, he converted to Catholicism and entered the service of the Habsburgs, where he quickly....
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The Imperial Troops under Tilly Storm Magdeburg (1631)
The city of Magdeburg, which had declared itself Protestant in 1524 and joined the Schmalkaldic....
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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1631)
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594-1632) ruled as Swedish king from 1611 until 1632; he was also the antagonist of Emperor....
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The Murder of Wallenstein (17th century)
Having fallen out of favor with the Emperor, Wallenstein was deposed as Supreme Commander in January....
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Hans Ulrich Franck, Knight in Armor (1643)
This etching is part of a series of twenty-five images by the German Baroque artist Hans Ulrich Franck (1603-75). The series depicts the horrors....
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Title Page of the Drama, Peace-Wishing Germany, by Johann Rist (1647)
This is the title page of Peace-Wishing Germany, a drama written by the Northern German poet and Lutheran preacher Johann Rist (1607-67). Germany is depicted as a battered woman who, threatened....
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Emperor Ferdinand II (undated)
Ferdinand II (1578-1637) of the House of Habsburg ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 until 1637. Ferdinand was a devout Catholic who had been educated by the Jesuits at one of the centers of the....
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Peace of Westphalia: The Swearing of the Oath of Ratification of the Treaty of Münster (1648)
The Peace of Westphalia, which was signed in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster....
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