The Peace of Westphalia: The End of an Endless WarBy the mid-seventeenth century, Europe was exhausted.For thirty years, the continent had been ravaged by a conflict of unprecedented scale — the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648).What had begun as a religious quarrel between Catholic and Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire had quickly turned into a political war, pitting the […] The post The Peace of Westphalia: The 1648 Treaties That Redrew Europe appeared first on French Mom...| French Moments