“The Peace of Westphalia”
“The Peace of Westphalia” was a series of treaties that were completed in six months in 1948 to end a war that had lasted for 30 years in Europe. The chapter provided, “Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660” is obtained from the book The Peace of Westphalia, originally published in 2002. The author, Derek Croxton, is a history researcher who documented the findings of his research of many years.
The chapter begins with an elaboration of what the treaties entailed and the outcome. Each of the three treaties and a list of their details are provided. All the concerned parties, including kings, princes and leaders, are identified in the chapter.
Derek Croxton is a renowned 51-year-old history researcher of the Thirty Years War. Besides the book The Peace of Westphalia, he has written many diplomatic and military articles regarding the period. Croxton has written three other books about historical Christian peacemaking.
The chapter “Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660” addresses a transformative period in Europe and the world. The reason is that the agreements of the treaty have been used significantly afterwards achieve peace among nations in war, and to sustain amity among states. The treaty ended a war that was religion-based and resulted in deaths of many people, and created rifts among fighting nations and their allies.
The reading has been fascinating because it offers information that the world should copy to live in peace. However, the ability of leaders of the time to come together after striving for thirty years is surprising, as there are questions why they failed to agree earlier. However, the process by which the peace was adopted should be used to end chaos even between nations and allies against their government.
The work precisely addresses each question asked; hence, I consider it deserves to garner a pass.