Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 established the principle of equality of states having full authority within their own territory, and equality between religions and thus eliminated religion as a source of political power as was the case at that time in Europe. It is the treaty that planted the seeds of
people sovereignty and created the rudimentary roots of both democracy and nationalism, that was the way Europe chose to put an end to its internal armed conflicts through negotiation.
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