Westphalia and about

"Westphalia and Treaty" weakened the rule of the Habsburg dynasty, deepening the political division of Germany, delineates the national borders of European continent, and changing the contrast of European political power. At the same time, and as the first multilateral treaty for the exchange of the European Middle Ages and the modern history of the European, it is an important milestone in the development of the international law. It is both an actual source of modern international law and a milestone in the history of international relations. The Westphalia system established by "Westphalia and About" is the first international relations system in modern sense.

1618-1648 Due to the contradiction between Catholicism and New Testament and the political conflict between European countries and the European International War, the history of German is the main battlefield, a history of thirty-year war (Thidy Years War) ). Finally, he ended in 1648 to sign "Westphalia and About". And about the Swedish, French and their allies, admitted to the Netherlands and Switzerland independence; confirming the sovereignty of German will, strengthen the power of the Imperial Parliament, and weaken the power of the Emperor and the ancestors of the Habsburg dynasty. Deepening the situation of division of division in Germany, the population died, agriculture was seriously damaged, the economy had long-term decline, prepared for French to dominate Europe. Spanish national strength decline. Swedish power has increased and became a strong country in Nordic. In terms of religious affairs, the contract stipulates that all people - including princes and their subjects - all religious freedom, as long as they are Catholic, Ludz Zong Christians and reform christians (many people are considered subversive The heavy baptism is excluded). Each sect in 1624 has been returned to them. All people who rebell their lord in the war in the thirties have got a special in the Habesburg family. The internal reach an agreement, if a single lord has changed another new teaching faith from a new teach, he may not force his subjects to change. Therefore, the basic result of this contract is that it has reached an inside of the new education, and the boundary is cleared between the new and Catholicism. According to the boundary line defined in the actual control range of the new education and the Catholic, basically determined the religious pattern of the European continent. After the contract, people's concern about the national (Dynasty) and politics exceeded the concerns of theology or the teaching, and Europe completely got rid of the medieval society and entered the modern society. According to this, it can be considered that the religious reform movement in the European continent is over.

Westphalia and about

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