Battle of Almansa

The 319th Anniversary of the Battle of Almansa concluded on a high note with the Recreation on Sunday, April 26. A weekend full of pictures to remember and great moments that will stay in the memory. : Alex Blanquer

Ack Libertas!

Ack, Libertas!: Songs from the 17th century with lyrics by Lars Wivallius Mikael Paulsson (lute), Martin Bagge (lute), Ute Goedecke (vocals) Ensemble Mare Balticum

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Vadstena Slott 2026

 Last weekend saw an event in Sweden that drew participants from around the area including the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, and of course Sweden. The event was a resounding success and the possibilities of future events in this period are being talked about. Maybe next year UK 17th century types? Vadstena Castle - Wikipedia

Photos from (2) Facebook where there are more.

King Christian IV of Denmark, 1577-1648 (Karel van Mander)

 

Battle of Dessau Bridge 1626

 .The Battle of Dessau Bridge (German: Schlacht bei Dessau) was a significant battle of the Thirty Years' War between Danish Protestants and the Imperial German Catholic forces on the Elbe River outside Dessau, Germany on 25 April 1626.

This battle was an attempt by Ernst von Mansfeld to cross the Dessau bridge [de] in order to invade the headquarters of the Imperial Army in Magdeburg, Germany. The Dessau bridge was the only land access between Magdeburg and Dresden, which made it difficult for the Danes to advance. The Count of Tilly wanted control of the bridge in order to prevent King Christian IV of Denmark from having access to Kassel and to protect the Lower Saxon Circle.^[1] The Imperial German forces of Albrecht von Wallenstein handily defeated the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld in this battle.

French school 18th century

 

Extract of an article on drumming

 

Trom en trommelstokken, anoniem, ca. 1600 - ca. 1699 - Rijksmuseum

16th-l7th-CENTURY MILITARY MARCHES

By Henry George Farmer, Ph.D., D.Litt., Mus. Doc

''The drum march, pure and simple, was one of the main features of martial discipline, and every nation had its own particular national type. Gordon of Rothiemay records of 1637-1638 how Scottish drummers were teaching their soldiery

to distinguish between "The marches of severall nationes . . . the Scottish Marche

. . . the Irish Marche . . . the English Marche."1 This knowledge was a necessary

item even in the economy of tactics. During the Thirty Years' War the Germans once used the Scots March so as to deceive the enemy.2 At Oudenarde the Allied drummers beat the French Retraite,which even a Vendôme could not stem.8''