EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Westphalian Sovereignty, Puritans, Nationstates
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From the introduction to my copy of simplicissimus. Germany became a collection of hundreds of practically independent political entities, each of which was governed by a more or less ambitious, more or less patriotic, more or less tolerant prince. Empire, was weakened to the extent that the emperor retained his prestige almost exclusively as the ruler of austria. Religion, having lost its importance as a cause or fighting, was determined by the ruler for his subjects . This development slows the rise of germany, although we"ll see in a couple weeks that one of these smaller principalities, prussia, will slowly rise to dominate the german territories. Religion toleration in the interest of state security. Each state has the right to determine what happens within its own borders. Can us citizens take other states to courts (e. g. can families of 9/11 victims sue. In the shadow of the 300th anniversary of the treaties of westphalia.
