Under the reign of Charles, the consequences of the Thirty Years' War in the agricultural county could be overcome more quickly than they were in the more industrialized regions of the Holy Roman Empire. He pushed for the recreation of a large army and put it in the service of other countries in the War of Spanish Succession. His soldiers, he gave, as well as other princes of his time, to foreign service for the "Subsidiengelder" [ subsidies ]. This policy remained controversial for its dealings with the mercenaries, according to the 1908 "Brockhaus" (Volume 9, page 96) :