1. The Legacy of the French Revolution
The Age of Metternich:
The Legacy of the French Revolution
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2. 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 – 1855)
Germanic Confederation

3. (Perry, 534)
Congress of Vienna, 1815

4. Klemens von Metternich 1773-1859

5. (Perry, 535)
Austria, 1815

6. Distribution of Languages in 19th-Century Europe

7. Lord Castlereagh – Great Britain (1769 – 1822)

8. Alexander I – Russia (1777 – 1825)

9. Count Hardenberg—Prussia (1750 – 1822)

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

12. Protection or Repression?

13. Concert of Europe (1815)
Britain
Russia
Prussia
Austria

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

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

16. Nicholas I (1796 – 1855)

17. Congress of Vienna
Victory for conservatives

18. Germanic Confederation

19. 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

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