The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the Thirty Years’ War and marked the fragmentation of the Holy Roman Empire into numerous autonomous political entities. It guaranteed the territorial sovereignty of German princes and established religious pluralism, bringing to an end the last major conflict in continental Europe in which religion was a central issue.
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