A picture of the Duchy of Szczecin during the Thirty Years’ War in light of the chronicle by Peter Rudolphy between 1627 and 1637
A picture of the Duchy of Szczecin during the Thirty Years’ War in light of the chronicle by Peter Rudolphy between 1627 and 1637

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the course of the Thirty Years’ War in the Duchy of Szczecin from the moment of signing the capitulation in Franzburg by Duke Bogislaw XIV in 1627 until the death of this ruler ten years later. This description is based on information from the second part of the manuscript Chronicle of Pastor Peter Rudolphy from 1696. From its text, the events that were breakthrough in the history of Pomerania were selected, such as the accommodation of imperial soldiers or the entry into war of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolph. Mechanisms used by soldiers of both armies to occupy city centres, e.g. Gryfice, Kołobrzeg, Pyrzyce, Stargard and Szczecin, were also presented. The article does not exhaust the whole subject, but is only a contribution to the knowledge not only of the history of the conflict in Pomerania, but also the chronicle itself.

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