Image: Scottish mercenaries in the Thirty Years War
Description: Scottish mercenaries, assumed to be men of Mackay's Regiment landing in the Baltic port of Stettin in 1630 or 1631. This print is regarded as the earliest surviving depiction of Highland dress. The original caption states, "They are a strong and hardy people who survive on little food. If they have no bread, they eat roots [turnips may be intended]. When necessary, they can cover more than 20 German miles in a day's forced march. [1 German mile = 4¾ English miles!] Besides muskets, they carry bows, quivers and long swords."
Title: Scottish mercenaries in the Thirty Years War
Credit: http://warsoflouisxiv.blogspot.com/2009/11/scots-and-irish-in-thirty-years-war.html
Author: G Köler
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
Image usage
The following 17 pages link to this image:
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
- Clan Mackay
- Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay
- George Sinclair (mercenary)
- Highland dress
- Kilt
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Mercenary
- Military history of Scotland
- Munro of Kiltearn
- Regimental tartan
- Royal Scots
- Scotland and the Thirty Years' War
- Scotland in the early modern period
- Scottish clan
- Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
- Warfare in early modern Scotland
