The Thirty Years War
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The Swedish Intervention in the War in Northern Italy
Swedish intervention er transforms the situation. I mean, the war is effectively over by june 16 29. The emperor has defeated all his opponents. And there's about a year, and the swedes intervene. So they are celebratedr in propaganda, in print, as saving german protestants. Em that's not the case. They haven't been invited. E, the brother in law of er gustavus adolphus says, you know, the swedess is a foreign prince who has no right to be here. O they think that an intervention in the empire will redress the balance and restore the lost rights of the lutherans in particular.
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