The Congress of Vienna and its Legacy

ISBN: 9781784530563 出版年：2013 页码：560 Mark Jarrett Bloomsbury Publishing

Two centuriemergthe greatest crises in its history. In September 1814, the rulers of Europe and their ministers descendto reconstruct Europe after two decades of revolution and war, with the major decisiostatesmen of the great powers. The territorial reconstruction of Europe, however, It was followed, in the years 1815 to 1822, by a bold experiment in international cooperation and counter-revolution, known as the 'Congress System'. The Congress of Vienna and subsequent Congresses constituted a major turning point - the first genuine attempt to forge an 'international order', to bring long-term peace to a troubled Europe, and to control the pace of political change through international supervision and intervention. In this book, Mark Jarrett argues that the decade of the European Congresses the beginning of our modeprofound impact upon the course of subsequent developments. Based upon extensive research, this book provides a fresh look at a pivotal but often neglected period.