Westphalia The Last Christian Peace

This sweeping, exhaustively researched history is the first comprehensive account of the Peace of Westphalia in English. Bringing together the latest scholarship with an engaging narrative, it retraces the historical origins of the Peace, exploring its po

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A Historical Dictionary of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, with Anuschka Tischer (2001)

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Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and the Congress of Westphalia, 1643–1648 (1999)

THE L AST CHRISTIAN PEACE

Derek Croxton

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Copyright © Derek Croxton, 2013. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–33332–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Croxton, Derek, 1969– Westphalia : the last Christian peace / Derek Croxton. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–1–137–33332–2 (alkaline paper) 1. Peace of Westphalia (1648) 2. Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648— Peace. 3. Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648—Diplomatic history. 4. Europe—History—1648–1789. 5. Europe—Foreign relations— 1648–1715. I. Title. D269.C77 2013 940.2’41—dc23

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