He also spoke about the current significance of the treaty ... the idea of national sovereignty that emerged after the Treaty of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years' War.

But Westphalia did not create a secular order, and a secular order certainly did not precede the treaty. Westphalia was explicitly a Christian peace, which further imprinted an improved, mutually ...

Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events of lasting significance ... They include the Treaty of Westphalia, the death of Benjamin Randall, and Johann ...

In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia ended 30 years of religious conflict that had exhausted and brutalised most of Western Europe. The “Peace of Westphalia” that followed is often called the “Peace of ...

Such cynics should remember that the Treaty of Westphalia was nicknamed the Treaty of Exhaustion, coming as it did at the end of the Thirty Years’ War in 1648. Another mystery is why, given that the ...