Allegiance
10. Allegiance
See also 289. NATIONALISM .
- abjuration
- the act of renouncing upon oath, as by an alien applying for citizenship who renounces allegiance to a former country of nationality.
- defection
- the act of abandoning a person or cause to which one has an obligation or allegiance, especially accompanied by flight from one’s country. —defector, defectionist, n.
- fealty
- 1. In the Feudal System, allegiance of a vassal to his lord.
- 2. allegiance.
- genuflection, genuflexion
- kneeling or bending the knee, especially in worship or reverence.
- myrmidon
- a follower who obeys orders without question. —myrmidonian, adj.
- obeisance
- 1. a gesture of respect, as a bow.
- 2. homage or an act of homage. —obeisant, adj.
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The Peace Of Westphalia. (Early Modern Europe).(Review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2001; ; 323 words
; The Peace Of Westphalia by Derek Croxton & Anuschka Tischer (Greenwood Press, 79.95 [pounds sterling]) provides a reference guide to the complicated negotiations of 1648, with over 300 detailed entries.
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Point: the Westphalia legacy and the modern nation-state.
Magazine article from: International Social Science Review; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia is often viewed as the progenitor...Protestant Reformation, the Peace of Westphalia further weakened Papal authority...Rome." (3) Prior to the Peace of Westphalia, most polities in Europe were...
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Counterpoint: the Westphalia overstatement.
Magazine article from: International Social Science Review; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555...treaties concluded at Westphalia provided a measure of...that both Augsburg and Westphalia were based on older...notions of Christian peace, which references the...10) Not only did Westphalia fail to provide history...
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Policy point-counterpoint: is Westphalia history?
Magazine article from: International Social Science Review; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Historians view Westphalia quite differently. The Treaty of Westphalia itself was not the...concluded at the peace negotiations held...established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555...Settlement. of Westphalia was neither innovative...
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Treaty of Westphalia will be centerpiece of Nixon library event.(The Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Calif. _ The Treaty of Westphalia, a 354-year-old document...similar, and the Treaty of Westphalia really starts it all." The...1939; the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, signed March 26...including the cost of bringing the Westphalia document to the United States...
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The Treaty of Westphalia.(Octobers Past)(October 24, 1648; Westphalia, Germany)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; The Westphalia area of north-western Germany gave its name to the treaty that ended...mercenaries and their womenfolk complained that their livelihood was gone. The peace conference to end the war. opened in Munster and Osnabruck in December...
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Beyond Westphalia.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/20/2000; 566 words
; ...superficially--aspects of globalism is its erosional effect on the role of the state as we've known it since the 1648 Peace of Westphalia. Indeed, as Nation editorial board member Richard Falk notes in opening Human Rights Horizons, "The sovereign...
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-NATO: Securing peace in Europe.
M2 Presswire; 11/13/1998; 700+ words
; ...Political Relevance of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, Munster, Madame Mayor...the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia officially commemorated this...political relevance of the Peace of Westphalia. In this regard, I would...
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Kant and the illusion of collective security. (Immanuel Kant) (The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay) (Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century)
Magazine article from: Journal of International Affairs; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...conclude with the argument that the enforcement of peace, no matter how drastic the recent changes...defeating goal. Kant and the Problem of Peace With the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, European sovereigns put an end to...
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Peace operations in Africa: preserving the brittle state? (Regional Perspectives).
Magazine article from: Journal of International Affairs; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; "The failure of peace operations in Africa can...of United Nations (UN) peace operations. These peace...sovereignty that brought peace and stability to Europe...signing of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648--has created...
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Peace of Westphalia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Peace of Westphalia 1648, general settlement ending the Thirty Years War...Netherlands. Earlier endeavors to bring about a general peace had been unsuccessful. The compact known as the Peace of Prague (May, 1635) marked a step in the direction...
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Westphalia, Peace of (1648)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
WESTPHALIA, PEACE OF (1648) WESTPHALIA, PEACE OF (1648). The Treaties of M ü nster and Osnabr...the Thirty Years' War, are known collectively as the Peace of Westphalia. The main obstacles to a general peace in Germany after...
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Westphalia, Peace of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Westphalia, Peace of (1648) Series of treaties...Thirty Years' War . In 1642, peace negotiations began in the cities of Westphalia, leading to the final settlement. In Germany, the peace established the virtual autonomy...
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Westphalia, Treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Westphalia, Treaty of the peace accord (1648) which ended the Thirty Years War , signed simultaneously in Osnabrück and Münster.
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Augsburg, Religious Peace of (1555)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...Golden Bull of 1356 and the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. These three laws...renewed with modifications by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The Peace transferred...Peace remained unsettled. The Peace of Westphalia, a pair of treaties that ended...
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