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The Protectorate's foreign relations are among the most misunderstood aspects of a little-known period of British history, usually seen as an interlude between

The Peace of Westphalia (1648), ending the Thirty Years' War, resulted in the rise of the modern European states system. However, dynasticism, power politics, c

In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Br