The Legacy of the French Revolution The Age of Metternich: The Legacy of the French Revolution 1815 1848 <─┼───────────────────────┼─>

Terms—The Age of Metternich Congress of Vienna Prince Metternich Habsburg/Hapsburg Empire (Austria) Dynastic Legitimacy Lombardy & Venetia Concert of Europe (1815) Karlsbad Decrees (1819) Nicholas I (r. 1825 – 1855) Germanic Confederation

(Perry, 534) Congress of Vienna, 1815

Klemens von Metternich 1773-1859

(Perry, 535) Austria, 1815

Distribution of Languages in 19th-Century Europe

Lord Castlereagh – Great Britain (1769 – 1822)

Alexander I – Russia (1777 – 1825)

Count Hardenberg—Prussia (1750 – 1822)

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord a/k/a Talleyrand—France (1754 – 1838)

Protection or Repression?

Concert of Europe (1815) Britain Russia Prussia Austria

Quadruple Alliance Holy Alliance Russia Prussia Quintuple Alliance Austria Great Britain Became Quintuple Alliance with addition of: France Russia Prussia Austria

Karlsbad Decrees (1819) GOAL: Strengthen conservatism in Germanic lands & stamp out liberalism

Nicholas I (1796 – 1855)

Congress of Vienna Victory for conservatives

Germanic Confederation

Breakdown of the Concert Greek War of Independence (1829) July Revolution (1830) “Tug of War” between liberalism and nationalism on the one hand and conservatism on the other

The “Revolutionary Seed” Ideas spread by the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte