The Thirty Years War
In Our Time: History
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Is There Any Logic in This?
We shouldn't think of this period as one in which there are conscript or volunteers, ar volunteer armies paid for by states from of their own subjects. And that e we have a kind of mixed economy of fighting here, of public private initiatives and business men of nobles who are using their resources to raise troops. These could also be cross confessional armies as well. That's to say, catholics fighting in protestant armis, or vice versa. You these people are moving from one area to another dependent on opportunities and circumstances and people they owe their allegiance to. Does there ever seem any logic in it? Yes, there is logic. I mean, this is the thing, the
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