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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1434940, member: 39&quot;]European history, and what and how Europe is today, has in my opinion been shaped by much more than the Peace of Münster. We&#039;ve had the Lutheran Reformation before, and the French Revolution afterwards, just to pick two. (And as for monarchies and religion, the Dutch queen is, even today, called queen &quot;by the Grace of God&quot; even though politically she is part of a parliamentary democracy.) But if anybody believes that the 1648 Dutch-Spanish peace shaped our history so much more than anything else, I won&#039;t argue here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The Dutch ducat sure is a fine coin, and that &quot;unevenly split&quot; date is interesting ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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