HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Cardinal Mazarin, Gustavus Adolphus Of Sweden
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The peace of westphalia constituted the end of a major conflict by creating the idea of a major conference where all involved nations could come to terms (even defeated powers). Wwii had no end of war conference. Potsdam was a conference among the allies (england, usa, and russia). The german power broke up too quickly to have a real end of war conference that involved everyone because there was no defeated power. The peace of pyrenees in november 1659: france and spain came to terms. It was the belated / final closing stage of the 30 years war. M nster and osanbr ck (twin towns in north-western germany) were where the. It was the beginning of an organized international system. M nster = catholic opponents who made peace with the habsburgs. By the later 16th century, the habsburg ruled two significant powers: spain and.
