EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Pope Leo X, Protestantism, Nationstates
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Lecture - an irony that was created from 17th century europe. A deep historical irony: the treaties weakened the hre and fostered the rise of autonomous, sovereign nation states (to end religious wars) That led to horrific wars over nationalism. Today, the eu is asserting itself over the individual nation-states in the name of peace. This would be a reversal of the westphalian model . And are new nationalisms trying to make the westphalian order great again? . His name has come to be an adjective . Amoral, unscrupulous, devious, even violent manipulation of political power. More important: he can be considered the father of modern political science, a systematic and knowledge-based approach to power. And he"s part of our big story. We just spent four weeks northern europe, germany , the holy roman empire, netherlands. Back in time (1513) and to a new place (florence, italy) Hmmm, what do you know about big cities.
