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Thirty Years' War - Part 5: A shattered Europe seeks peace
The Peace of Westphalia, signed in sixteen forty-eight, brought the Thirty Years’ War to a close. In the candlelit halls of Münster and Osnabrück, diplomats from battered kingdoms pored over maps scarred by decades of conflict. Outside, the winter air carried the smell of wet stone and woodsmoke, as soldiers and servants waited amid the slush and mud of narrow streets. Every decision was weighed against years of bloodshed; every compromise carried the ghosts of ruined cities and vanished villages.
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