It weakens the Hapsburg states of Austria an Spain It Strengthened France by awarding it German territoryIt made German princes independent of the Holy Roman EmpireThe Treaty introduces the idea of...
The Peace of Westphalia was a treaty agreement between Spain and the Dutch in 1648. This agreement put an end to the Thirty Years' War.
The peace of Westphalia is recognized to be the beginning of...
France gained the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun; Breisach and Philippsburg; Alsace and part of Strasburg.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peace_of_westphalia.htm