German Landsknechtswesen in der Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. In the middle of the 16th century, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was shaken by a series of conflicts that already anticipated the confessional disputes of the Thirty Years' War. In 1546/47, the Schmalkaldic League rose up against Emperor Charles V. After several fruitless campaigns, the troops of the League were decisively defeated in Mühlberg in Saxony in 1547. When the emperor's most important ally, Moritz of Saxony, sided with the rebellious Protestant princes a little later, a new uprising against the emperor took place in 1552, which was finally settled only by the Religious Peace of Augsburg.
The Schmalkaldic War and the German Princes' Revolt are among the last great military conflicts of the Landsknecht era. This volume not only illuminates the course of these wars, but also describes the composition, equipment, financing and tactical deployment of the great mercenary armies.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Querengässer, Alexander / Lunyakov, Sascha
Title
Die Heere des Schmalkaldischen Krieges
Details
Paperback, 26, mostly colour illustrations, including contemporary illustrations as well as full-page drawings by Sascha Lunyakov, two maps. 64 pages.
