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"Westphalia" here refers to the (1648) Peace of Westphalia, from which emerged modern concepts of nationhood and sovereignty.
by chrisweekly 7y ago
"Westphalia" here refers to the (1648) Peace of Westphalia, from which emerged modern concepts of nationhood and sovereignty.
- bluejekyll 7y agoThanks for the spelling correction. I knew I should have double checked that before going to bed. And yes, I should have been clearer in my time period reference.
- pvg 7y agoIt's a good typo. Sometimes all the Sturm und Drang surrounding DNS feels like a consequence of DNS people having started to un-ironically view their (important, no doubt) work in terms of the Peace of Westphalia instead of the Volkswagen Westfalia camper van.