HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Joseph Bonaparte, Carbonari, Tyrant
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Congress of vienna, 1815: objectives: restore the balance of power, ensure political stability in europe and to contain france forever. For the british, containment of france was the primary purpose. Austrian main objective was similar, yet they also wanted to safeguard against russia. Metternich had a larger scale of the balance of power in mind: hapsburg empire, france and russia. Russians wanted to increase their prestige and influence in europe. Objectives, as different as they are, were achieved. Results: quadruple alliance, holy alliance, balance of power. Once these two ideas were out, they spread like fire. It took no more than 5 years for both liberalism and nationalism to resurface and challenge the entire newly re-established order. Social equilibrium was not achieved by the congress of vienna. 3 main revolutionary waves overflew europe in the 1920s. The periphery of europe was mostly affected by the waves: spain, russia, italy. Ideas were deeply rooted after they were out.
