territories and all sorts of other things feeling part time d. and the multitude of parties involved in multiple negotiations and meetings in munster and also not brooke is remarkable and the reason it s remarkable is of course because the war they were trying to end was remarkable and of itself likely . to understand how the thirty years war came about let s go back to its beginnings in bohemia in sixteen eighteen when a local event in prague becomes the catalyst for one of the great catastrophes in european history. christianity has been divided since the reformation and hatred and mistrust smaller among both catholics and protestants especially in bohemia a part of the catholic hapsburg empire that has seen repeated uprisings. in
devoted to wind than diplomacy what do you think of top man stoff if he wears a hideous wig yes ghastly anything else. you you know. he s a capable diplomat and as i see it he s really seeking peace showing queen christina wants peace at any price you know one uglier cell of use the second to massacre is here to negotiate a peace on the queen s behalf against toxicity on his will if necessary because the queen is still too young the chancellor takes all the political decisions coat munster. hasn t made any concessions to usual from calm. i suppose he just wants to find out if he can play a soft against each other. and canny we will stand by our agreements. peace will only be achieved if the emperor agrees with france and sweden and i you know that s exactly how we see it because the stability of this
a welcome what an honor to welcome you to our soiree excellences. and have all modesty the horrors i could i would have sent the royal carriage if i d known your accounting thank you but i prefer to walk and everything in munster is within an easy distance i see you settled in very well. europe and the very well indeed if they re going to send us into exile here we can at least pretend we re in paris. as well you seem to have made a good job of it. you re obviously not expecting a quick peace we ve we re not preventing it if peace is our ultimate goal excellent see anyone who delays and just wants to enrich themselves is a scoundrel am i right all the more that we don t want to talk about politics on