Westphalia : the last Christian peace / Derek Croxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croxton, Derek, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace of Westphalia (1648).

Peace of Westphalia.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Peace.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648--Diplomatic history.

Diplomatic history.

Peace.

Europe--History--1648-1789.

Europe.

History.

Europe--Foreign relations--1648-1715.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 452 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

The Peace of Westphalia, which brought to a close the Thirty Years War, is arguably the most important treaty signed before the twentieth century. It was a signal event of the early modern era, thoroughly of its time even as it prefigured the radical political developments of subsequent centuries. This sweeping, exhaustively researched history is the first comprehensive account of the treaty and its wider significance to appear in the English language. Bringing together the latest scholarship with an engaging narrative, it retraces the European situation leading up to the Congress of Westphalia, exploring its political and intellectual underpinnings and placing it in a broad global and chronological context. In doing so, it definitively fills a massive lacuna in the scholarly literature while offering fascinating insights into the long historical transition to modernity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

The Thirty Years' War

Origins of the Congress of Westphalia

Governments and Goals

Structures

Part II. Negotiations

The Long Beginning

Foreign Satisfaction

German Issues

Part III. Conclusion

Consequences

Foundations

Innovations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137333322

1137333324

OCLC:

827724287