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==History== | ==History== | ||
The origins of Westphalian sovereignty have been traced in the scholarly literature to the Peace of Westphalia (1648). The peace treaties put an end to the Thirty Years' War, a war of religion that devastated Germany and killed 30% of its population. Since neither the Catholics nor the Protestants had won a clear victory, the peace settlement established a status quo order in which states would refrain from interfering in each other's [[Religion in Westarctica|religious]] practices. The principle of non-interference in other domestic affairs was laid out in the mid-18th century by Swiss jurist Emer de Vattel. | The origins of Westphalian sovereignty have been traced in the scholarly literature to the Peace of Westphalia (1648). The peace treaties put an end to the Thirty Years' War, a war of religion that devastated Germany and killed 30% of its population. Since neither the Catholics nor the Protestants had won a clear victory, the peace settlement established a status quo order in which states would refrain from interfering in each other's [[Religion in Westarctica|religious]] practices. This principle was called ''Cuius regio, eius religio'', "Whosoever reigns, his religion shall also be the religion of those over whom he rules." The principle of non-interference in other domestic affairs was laid out in the mid-18th century by Swiss jurist Emer de Vattel. | ||
==Principles== | ==Principles== |
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