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Lutzen - Great Battles (Hardcover)
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Lutzen - Great Battles (Hardcover)
Series: Great Battles
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The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive
conflict prior to the two world wars. Two of European history's
greatest generals faced each other at Lutzen in November 1632,
mid-way through this terrible war. Neither achieved his objective.
Albrecht von Wallenstein withdrew his battered imperial army at
nightfall, unaware that his opponent, King Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden, had died a few hours earlier. The indecisive military
outcome found an immediate echo in image and print, and became the
object of political and historical disputes. Swedish propaganda
swiftly fostered the lasting image of the king's sacrifice for the
Protestant cause against the spectre of Catholic Habsburg
'universal monarchy'. The standard assumption that the king had
'met his death in the hour of victory' became integral to how
Gustavus Adolphus's contribution to modern warfare has been
remembered, even celebrated, while the study of Lutzen's wider
legacy shows how such events are constantly rewritten as elements
of propaganda, religious and national identity, and professional
military culture. The battle's religious and political associations
also led to its adoption as a symbol by those advocating German
unification under Prussian leadership. The battlefield remains a
place of pilgrimage to this day and a site for the celebration of
Protestant German and Nordic culture. This book is the first to
combine analysis of the battle itself with an assessment of its
cultural, political and military legacy, and the first to
incorporate recent archaeological research within a reappraisal of
the events and their significance. It challenges the accepted view
that Lutzen is a milestone in military development, arguing instead
that its impact was more significant on the cultural and political
level.
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