The Adventurous Simplicissimus · Character
Duke Bernhard of Weimar
A prominent Protestant general in the Thirty Years' War.
minor
Also known as Weimar
First appearance: xv of simplicissimus life with the troopers and what he saw and learned among the croats
Duke Bernhard of Weimar shows up with force in How Simplicissimus Led the Life of a Nobleman, and How the Croats Robbed Him of This When They Stole Himself. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as one of the potential recipients of Simplicissimus as a gift from the Governor.
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- How Simplicissimus Led the Life of a Nobleman, and How the Croats Robbed Him of This When They Stole Himself
- VIII: How Simplicissimus Endured a Cheerless Bath in the Rhine
- Discourses of the Order of the Marauder Brothers
- XII: Of a Desperate Fight for Life in Which Each Party Doth Yet Escape Death
- A Brief Example of That Trade Which Oliver Followed, Wherein He Was a Master and Simplicissimus Should Be a Prentice
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