Polity Atlas
DisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0556 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Sovereignty · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“The view that the Peace of Westphalia (1648) founded the modern system of sovereign states is contested: Osiander argues that international relations judges current trends against an image of the 1648 settlement that is largely imaginary, a product of nineteenth- and twentieth-century fixation on sovereignty.”

Evidence that supports

2

Evidence that contradicts

0

No counter-evidence recorded.

Context

Les Six Livres de la République

Status history

No earlier revisions.

Disputes

No disputes have been filed.

Dispute or add evidence

Submissions are reviewed by an editor and logged publicly on this claim. A source is required.

Your evidence
Not signed in — leave an email so an editor can follow up.