Gustavus Adolphus电子书

SKETCH OF SWEDISH HISTORY TO THE TIME OF THE FIRST VASA

GUSTAVUS VASA, AND HIS SONS ERIK, JOHN AND CHARLES -THE REMARKABLE FACTS OF THEIR REIGNS

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS - CLOSE OF THE WARS WITH DENMARK AND RUSSIA

GUSTAVUS MAKES CHANGE IN THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT - VIEWS OF OXENSTIERNA AND SKYTTE - HOUSE OF NOBLES - RELIGION - EDUCATION

HE ORGANIZES HIS FINANCES - MINES - TAXATION - CONSCRIPTION - INDUSTRIES - METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION - THE JUDICIAL FORMS

THE MARRIAGE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS - THE STORY OF EBBA BRAHE

THE WAR WITH POLAND

CONSIDERATIONS WHICH DRAW GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS TO THE GERMAN WAR - THE BELLIGERENT PARTIES - CHIEF ACTORS IN THE STRUGGLE - LOUIS XIII - RICHBLIEU - FERDINAND II - MAXIMILIAN - JOHN GEORGE - WALLENSTEIN

ORIGIN AND FIRST YEARS OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR - THE IMPERIAL CONSTITUTION - TREATY OF PACIFICATION

REVOLT IN BOHEMIA - FREDERICK OF PALANTINE CROWNED KING - FERDINAND II CHOSEN EMPEROR BY THE ELECTORS - THE SUBJECTION OF BOHEMIA BY FERDINAND AND THE LEAGUE - MANSFELD - CHRISTIAN OF BRUNXWICK - TILLY - ELIZABETH OF PALANTINE

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS PRECEDED IN GERMANY BY CHRISTIAN IV OF DENMARK - THE LATTER DEFEATED, AND COMPELLED TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE EMPEROR - SIEGE OF STRALSUND - WALLENSTEIN COMPELLED TO ABANDON THE SIEGE - DISCUSSION OF THE KING OF SWEDEN WITH OXENS

GUSTAVUS ASSEMBLES HIS ARMY FOR HIS GERMAN EXPEDITION - TAKES LEAVE OF THE SWEDISH ESTATES - DISEMBARKS IN GERMANY - ADVANCES INTO POMERANIA - STETTIN SURRENDERS - HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE IMPERIALISTS - AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF SWE

TILLY CHOSEN BY THE EMPEROR TO CONFRONT THE KING OF SWEDEN - PROTESTANT PRINCES JOIN GUSTAVUS - CAPTURE OF GREIFFENHAGEN, GARTZ, DEMMIN, FRANKFORT-ON-THE-ORDER AND OTHER CITIES

ADVANCE OF GUSTAVUS - SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MAGDEBURG BY THE IMPERIALISTS - THE ELECTORS OF BRANDENBURG AND SAXONY - BATTLE OF BREITENFELD, AND DEFEAT OF TILLY

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VICTORY OF BREITENFELD - SEPARATION OF THE SWEDISH AND SAXON ARMIES - REASONS FOR NOT ADVANCING ON VIENNA - MARCHES INTO FRANCONIA - FRANKSFORT ON THE MAIN SURRENDERS - SUCCESSES ON THE RHINE - NEGOTIATIONS WITH RAVARIA AN

MILITARY OPERATIONS RENEWED - WELCOMED BY NUREMBERG - BOLD PASSAGE OF THE LECH AND BRILLIANT VICTORY OVER THE IMPERIALISTS - RECEIVED JOYFULLY BY AUGSBURG AND MARCHES TO INGOLSTADT - ADVANCES INTO BAVARIA - FRENCH MINISTER SEEKS TO SERVE MAXIM

RESTORATION OF WALLENSTEIN TO THE IMPERIAL COMMAND - HIS METHOD AND SUCCESS OF RAISING AN ARMY - GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS FAILS TO PREVENT THE JUNCTION OF THE ARMIES OF WALLENSTEIN AND MAXIMILLIAN - THE ARMIES OF GUSTAVUS AND WALLENSTEIN AT NUREMBER

THE FIRST SERIOUS CHECK OF GUSTAVUS IN GERMANY - MARCHES AGAIN INTO RAVARIA AND PREPARES TO CARRY HIS ARMS INTO THE HEREDITARY DOMINIONS OF AUSTRIA - RETURNS SUDDENLY NORTHWARD TO SAVE SAXONY FROM THE ARMY OF WALLENSTEIN - THE BATTLE OF LUTZ