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Tycho-Brahes-Elk t1_izgw1dz wrote

Reply to comment by IsleroAvispao in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

Peter Hagendorf wrote a [retrospective; he wrote it all in 1649] diary of his rather extensive soldiering during the 30-Years-War [the diary covers 1625 - 1649] - for both sides.

There is some really dark humor in it; one believes he takes sardonic pleasure in retelling some of his misfortune.

It is lamentable that he didn't include how he went from mercenary without a job after 1649 to becoming judge and mayor of Görzke, Brandenburg.

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IsleroAvispao t1_izh7488 wrote

Sounds very interesting. Do you know where i can find the book?

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Tycho-Brahes-Elk t1_izig0xk wrote

It's rather hard to find an English translation; there is one [among a lot of other documents of that era] in Tryntje Helfferich: The Thirty Years War: a Documentary History.

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