Peacemaking in early modern Europe
Subtitle: Cardinal Mazarin and the Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648
By: Derek Croxton.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Selinsgrove [N.J.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661.; Peace of Westphalia (1648); Alsace (France) -- History.; France -- Foreign relations -- Germany.; Germany -- Foreign relations -- France.
Description: In 1648, after five years of negotiations. France signed the Peace of Westphalia. The treaties not only ended a long war with the Holy Roman Empire, but also transferred large parts of Alsace and Lorraine to France. This book is the first full-length study of the French negotiating position: who formulated it, why, and how it changed over time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-386) and index.