Peace+Treaty+of+Munster

= Peace Treaty of Munster =

The Hague
Peace of Munster was a treaty between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish in 1648. The treaty was apart of the Peace of Westphalia which ended both the Thirty Years War and the Eighty Years War. With the treaty, independence for the Dutch Republic was finally recognized by the Spanish crown. The treaty marked a landmark for the Dutch republic and is important in Dutch history. During the Eighty Years War, there was a Dutch Revolt which was a revolt of the seven provinces of the Netherlands against the Spanish Empire. The revolt occurred because the Netherlands was under the Spanish rule of Roman Catholic King Philip II. After about eighty years, peace between the two regions came through negotiations. The negotiations began in 1641, in the towns of Munster and Osnabruck, in present-day Germany. The Dutch Republic was allowed to participate in the peace talks, although formally the Dutch Republic was not recognized as an independent state. The treaty recognized the Dutch Republic as an independent state. An original copy of the treaty is at the Rijksarchief (Dutch National Archives) in The Hague, Netherlands.