Thirty Years War: The Palatinate Period

Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick led the revolutionary forces in the Palatinate. Frederick expected aid from his father-in-law, James I of England, but got no effectual help. The Palatinate was taken by Tilly; he won at Wimpfen and Höchst (1622). Frederick's lands were confiscated by the emperor, and the Upper Palatinate and the electorate were conferred on Maximilian of Bavaria. The imperialist victory at Stadtlohn (1623) practically ended one phase of the war.

• Introduction
• General Character of the War
• The Bohemian Period
• The Palatinate Period
• The Danish Period
• The Swedish Period
• The Franco-Swedish Period
• The Aftermath
• Bibliography

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