Revolution and World Order

According to scholars, the notion of world order emerged with the Treaty of Westphalia, 1648 (included two separate treaties, Munster and Osnabruck), which ended the Thirty Years’ War against the hegemonic power of the Holy Roman Empire. Peace of Westphalia delegitimized the transnational role of the Catholic Church and validated the idea that international relations should be driven by balance-of-power considerations rather than the ideals of Christianity and its authorities.