S01E01 Chaos (1618-1621)
After the Defenestration of Prague in 1618, the young elector Frederick V of the Palatinate and his wife Elisabeth Stuart are crowned King and Queen of Bohemia - an affront to the Habsburg emperor. More...
Thirty Years' War: The Age Of Iron
S01E06: Peace (1646-1649)
The tide of the war changes constantly. In 1643, the French defeat the Spanish. In the same year, an entire French army is taken prisoner. The desire for peace is growing. At the end of the war, Peter Hagendorf has journeyed more than 20,000 km throughout all of Europe and lost two wives and eight of his nine children. Barbara Xeller is charged with witchcraft, tortured, but finally acquitted - a first. Anna and Carl Gustaf Wrangel send their plundered loot back to Skokloster, Sweden. The war has made them very wealthy.
Overview
This documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth Stuart, the famous artist Peter Paul Rubens and the "Grey Eminence" Father Joseph. This visual memory of the 17th century forms the 'archive footage' in the series. Combined with vivid drama and contributions from international experts, the series builds a bridge between "now" and "then" enabling viewers to experience what it was like to live through the Thirty Years' War.
Episodes
S01E02 God (1626-1630)
The Catholic armies are attacked by an immense empire from the north: Denmark. At the same time, the Catholic Spanish Netherlands are fighting the separatist Dutch Protestants. Peter Paul Rubens, now a spy for Isabella...
S01E03 Might (1630-1632)
Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman Emperor intends to re-Catholicise numerous possessions - by consent or by force. Peter Hagendorf, fighting in the Imperial army, is injured during the Sack of Magdeburg. Anna von Haugwitz escapes...
S01E04 Devastation (1632-1633)
Sweden's intervention fundamentally changes the situation. King Gustavus Adolphus is more than a match for the Imperial forces led by General Wallenstein. City by city, territory is snatched from the emperor. Henrik Holck is now...
S01E05 Revenge (1634-1640)
The Holy Roman Empire lies in ruins. Thousands of Scottish, Italian, English, and Swiss mercenaries come to pick over the spoils. Father Joseph and Cardinal Richelieu has recruited 40,000 new soldiers for France, seemingly out...
S01E06 Peace (1646-1649)
The tide of the war changes constantly. In 1643, the French defeat the Spanish. In the same year, an entire French army is taken prisoner. The desire for peace is growing. At the end of...
Cast
Jan Hasenfuß
Peter Hagendorf
Sam Louwyck
Peter Paul Rubens
Charlie Nelson
Père Joseph
Rosa Bursztein
Elisabeth Stuart
Daphne Wellens
Vincenzo De Jonghe
Jan de Kooning
Pierre Aussedat
Cardinal de Richelieu
Roland Bonjour
Frédéric - Roi de Bohême
Karsten Mielke
