EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: The Main Point, The New York Times, Nationstates
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Lecture: trajectory of europe after all the events in 17th century europe. Finding (creating) stability in a period of disorder. Medieval catholic church -> reformation -> schism within christianity -> wars (peasant and religious) -> westphalian order . Strengthened autonomy of principalities; weakened the hre; emphasized territorial sovereignty; tolerance of religious difference; secularization; beginning of nation-states (france as model) Perhaps, if the european union can last as a transnational model superseding the. Perhaps, if smaller units undermine the stability of the nation-state. Perhaps, if the eu is like the hre and italy and returns to quasi-city states! Will we see a return to the westphalian order that saw the rise of nation states. They created one kind of stability (no more religious wars in europe), but the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries were certainly devastating. Ny times: why are poland"s nationalists so popular? .
