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3 - Righteous Guys

Military Society*

from Scene I - Hieronymus Sebastian Schutze and Hans Devil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Lucian Staiano-Daniels
Affiliation:
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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This chapter examines every muster roll from the Thirty Years War in the Saxon State Archives in Dresden to determine the demographics of the entire Saxon army during the entire war. In contrast to enduring stereotypes of early seventeenth-century soldiers as rootless social outcasts, these soldiers were recruited and often served near their homes. Both infantry and cavalry were far more urban than the average central European population. Soldiers called themselves righteous guys and lived within a dense thicket of social networks that included friendship, similar religion, and place of origin.

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The War People
A Social History of Common Soldiers during the Era of the Thirty Years War
, pp. 41 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Righteous Guys
  • Lucian Staiano-Daniels, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
  • Book: The War People
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428415.007
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  • Righteous Guys
  • Lucian Staiano-Daniels, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
  • Book: The War People
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428415.007
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  • Righteous Guys
  • Lucian Staiano-Daniels, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
  • Book: The War People
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009428415.007
Available formats
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