Important battle in the last phase of the Thirty Years’ War, during which a small Brno garrison resisted the several times larger Swedish army commanded by general Torstenson, thus thwarting his plan to attack Vienna.
In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, silver was one of the main symbols of the Czech lands; it made them famous as the “silver superpower” of Central Europe.
The decisive battle of the first phase of the Thirty Years’ War, in which the army of non-Catholic Bohemian estates suffered a devastating defeat by the Habsburg army of the Catholic League. It took place on 8 November 1620. Its results have made it accepted as one of the worst national traumas.
Roman Catholic priest and the central figure of the so-called Číhošť Miracle, because of which he was tortured by the communist regime.
Bohemian nobleman and diplomat, a foremost representative of moderate Catholics in the period before the Battle of White Mountain. He was famous as a much travelled man with contacts in the highest circles of the Spanish court.
A series of military conflicts in which Empress Maria Theresa sought to defend the integrity of the Habsburg Monarchy against its foreign enemies.
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