{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Thirty Years' War - Part 3: The war spreads across Europe","description":"The years following the fall of Prague saw the Thirty Years’ War spiral outward, its violence swelling like a dark tide across Europe. What had begun as a Bohemian revolt now erupted into a continental struggle, consuming kingdoms and shattering lives.\r\n\r\nIn sixteen twenty-five, cold winds off the Baltic carried a new army into the fight. Danish King Christian the Fourth, driven by visions of Protestant unity, marched his forces into northern Germany. His soldiers erected tents in fields scarred by earlier battles. The banners of Denmark fluttered amid a patchwork of mercenary standards, marking the motley host assembled for war.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/thirty-years-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}