Out of the failure of these ambitions, a balance o...
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- Diplomacy whole source · open book
Out of the failure of these ambitions, a balance of power emerged, first as a fact of life, then as a system for organizing international relations. Richelieu came into office in 1624, when the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II was attempting to revive Catholic universality, stamp out Protestantism, and establish imperial control over the princes of Central Europe.
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