The peace of Westphalia constituted a watershed in early modern history. It guided a number of political, territorial, and legal decisions that determined the i

It was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dr

The purpose of this volume is to challenge the assumption that Westphalia brought an end to more than a century of religious conflicts and marked the beginning

Winner of the 2003 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize This book rejects a commonplace of European history: that the treaties of Westphalia not only close

In the formation of the modern law of nations, peace treaties played a pivotal role. Many basic principles and rules that governed and still govern relations be