Peace of Westphalia

They came to an end (more or less) in 1648, when the various nations signed several treaties known together as the Peace of Westphalia, which entailed a commitment not to interfere in the internal affairs of another nation.

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By the Peace of Westphalia (1648) the Lutheran and Reformed religions had been established in the Palatinate and the Catholic religion was allowed only on sufferance of the Elector.

Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois 1920

By the Peace of Westphalia the diocese was suppressed, Franz Wilhelm retained the title of Bishop of Minden, but its temporal possessions, embracing more than twenty-two square miles, were awarded to the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913