The Novelty of the Utrecht Peace
Settlement (1713)
The Novelty of the Utrecht Peace
Settlement (1713)
Author(s): Endre SashalmiSubject(s): Political history
Published by: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik
Keywords: ’Westphalian order’; dynasticism; balance of power; importance of royal title; issues of rank and precedence; peace conferences in engravings
Summary/Abstract: This article argues that the modern European states system came into being not with Westphalia(1648) but as a result of the Utrecht Peace Settlement (1713). Besides summarizingrecent revisionist scholarship on the nature of the ’Westphalian order’, the author tries toenlist the new features of the Utrecht Settlement which he considers the real turning pointin the European inter-dynastic relations. He relies not only on written primary sources (theAnglo-Spanish and the Anglo-French Treaties) but also visual evidence to buttress thisclaim, and underlines the relevance of visual representation of peace conferences as animportant field of political iconography.
Journal: Central European Papers
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 20-33
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
