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the latter risking the ire of not just Hesse-Darmstadt but many of the other states with family members studying at the University there-
By now, Amalie Elisabeth’s attempts to promote Calvinism in the Westphalian peace talks, together with the sheer scale of her territorial claims in the Ecclesiastical territories, which essentially consisted of the full territories originally promised by Gustavus Adolphus, had thoroughly annoyed even her closest allies, and with the war winding to a close, the Congress of Westphalia gave an ultimatum to both sides of April 2nd 1648 to accept arbitration. 12 days later, a settlement was agreed which saw Darmstadt retain Gießen and some smaller districts, but accept the loss of Marburg, Rheinfels, Katzenelenbogen and Schmalkalden.
Put another way, it's not just the historians growing exasperated the war went on after 1635. At this point, even the French see the bashing of Germans by other Germans as not fun anymore.
I like to imagine all the Generals and Statesmen were procrastinating in between hours of staring at blank maps drinking way too much sugared water.Yeah, you really get the impression that the 1640s are everyone switching between 'we should stop fighting' and 'oh but while they're distracted I can just grab that bit'
Also, Amalie Elisabeth was entirely as stubborn as literally everyone else in the period, it's just that somehow she managed to make it work.
And great work with the images as usual @Youngmarshall
I like to imagine all the Generals and Statesmen were procrastinating in between hours of staring at blank maps drinking way too much sugared water.