Westphalia, Peace of
Westphalia, Peace of : Refers to the two treaties (of Osnabruck and Munster) that brought the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) to an end. The Thirty Years' War was essentially fought over the German lands of the Holy Roman Empire to resolve disputes relating to religion and the relative political rights of the Emperor and the emerging territorial states under the Empire's jurisdiction. As significant as the year 1648 is, it is overstating things to say, as many scholars do, that the somreign state was born in the treaties of Westphalia
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