POLSCI 2I03 Final: ALL Lectures- Political Science 2iO3.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Andrew Lui

Document Summary

1648: the treaty of westphalia, its important because of these reasons: 30 years of war was raging, there was a religious basis (protestants and catholics) but more profoundly is in and around that time in europe, the continent was divided in terms of overlapping political sovereigns. There were princes, city-states, kingdoms, and on top of that, you have the church. Apparently, even if you were king, you could not divorce your wife without permission from the church. The reason why england split from the church. Religion; this formation of geopolitical authorities in europe. Notion of modern sovereignty was born from this time. Kings were sovereigns but they it wasn"t the same. They didn"t have supreme political authority in that area. There were many layers, but this got rid of it. There was one sovereign within a particular state, which became the nation state.