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PODs of the Thirty Years War XIX
By Alex Richards The Battle of Lützen had been a punishing affair to both sides but, despite the loss of their monarch, it was the Swedes...
Jan 31, 20207 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War XVIII
By Alex Richards With the death of Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden’s actions in the Thirty Years War were inevitably to become more constrained...
Jan 16, 20207 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War XVII​
By Alex Richards The death of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen brought to an end both the most successful period for the...
Dec 18, 201910 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War: Part XVI
By Alex Richards As summer dawned in 1632, Gustavus Adolphus found himself in a challenging position. Despite his advance into the Empire...
Dec 4, 20198 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War: Part XV
By Alex Richards As September 1631 dawned, the trend of the Thirty Years War appeared to be fixed. Initial Protestant rebellions would be...
Nov 20, 20196 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part XIV
By Alex Richards Turning at last to the Swedish Intervention in the Thirty Years War, we come to the most famous and celebrated part of...
Nov 6, 20196 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War XIII​
By Alex Richards Completing our quartet of articles on how the Thirty Years war could have expanded still further than it historically...
Oct 23, 20195 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War XII​
By Alex Richards So far we’ve looked at the possibilities of the Stuart Realms and the Dutch becoming more involved in the Thirty Years...
Oct 9, 20196 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part XI
By Alex Richards If, for the Stuart Realms, the question is why they weren’t more involved in the Thirty Years War than they actually...
Sep 25, 20195 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War X​
By Alex Richards While the Thirty Years War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history, participation from states...
Sep 11, 20197 min read
Vignette Sunday: When the White Horse Rides Again
By Alex Richards On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Sep 1, 20197 min read
PODs of the Thirty Years War - Part IX
By Alex Richards ​In 1629, having fought Denmark to a draw and with Sweden not yet the major active player it was shortly to become,...
Aug 14, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part VIII
By Alex Richards In the last article I discussed the potential outcome of a Danish victory in their intervention into northern Germany...
Jul 31, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part VII
By Alex Richards In the last article I gave an overview of the Danish Phase of the War, and the way how it, eventually, ended with...
Jul 17, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part VI
By Alex Richards By 1623 it appeared to many in Europe that the conflict in the Holy Roman Empire was over. Frederick V of the Palatinate...
Jul 3, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War: Part V
By Alex Richards One of the joys of studying history is the way in which you can find your expectations waylaid by a unexpected...
Jun 19, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War - Part IV
by Alex Richards Over the last three articles, we've looked a lot at the politics of the first phase of the Thirty Years War and the...
Jun 5, 20195 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War: III
By Alex Richards Over the last two articles, I've discussed the potential consequences of the biggest potential PoD of the first phase of...
May 22, 20195 min read
First Chapters: Tippecanoe and Wallace Too
By Alex Richards Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have Tippecanoe and Wallace Too,...
May 19, 20198 min read
PoDs of the Thirty Years War: Part Two
By Alex Richards In my last article I introduced the possibility of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II being killed by the Burghers of...
May 8, 20198 min read
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