why Austria was hostile to the whole idea of Italian unification in this period. After the crippling French Wars of the early 19th century all the powers agreed that such bloodshed must never be allow to happen again. Therefore at the 1815 Congress of Vienna it was decided that Austria would have control over the turbulent Italian states of Lombardi and Venetia in order to ensure that the aforementioned areas did not attempt to rise up‚ and in doing so‚ spark off another war. Indeed it is clear
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KLEMENS VON METTERNICH Statesman; born at Coblenz‚ 15 May‚ 1773; died at Vienna‚ 11 June‚ 1859; son of Count Georg‚ Austrian envoy of the Court of Vienna at Coblenz‚ and Maria Beatrix‚ née Countess von Kageneck. He studied philosophy at the University of Strasburg‚ and law and diplomacy at Mainz. A journey to England completed his education. Metternich began his public career in 1801 as Austrian ambassador to the Court of Dresden. Though he had for several years prepared himself for a diplomatic
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A Twenty-First Century Concert of Powers Even though we tend to not recognize it‚ today’s world is in peril: While the number and type of actors has multiplied in the process of globalization‚ great powers retain their dominant role in international security. The central element of global security governance‚ the one factor that presents a road fork between the paths to peace and to war and which also is a precondition to successful management of several other important issues‚ thus concerns
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was severely limited. In order to do this‚ land from Italy was distributed to Austria‚ as a way of enticing Austria to protect Italy from French expansion. The lands of Lombardy and Venetia came under the influence of the Austrians‚ due to the Congress of Vienna. The Austrian Chancellor Metternich‚ was therefore alarmed when he heard of revolutions occurring in Italy‚ as it made him think that the three states: Naples‚ Sicily and the Papal states‚ were challenging his authority‚ and this would have
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Prince Klemens von Metternich was the chief minister of the Austrian Empire and the leading conservative statesman in European politics from 1815 to 1848. He was the principal architect of the "Concert of Europe‚" the alliance of great powers that sought to maintain the the pillars of the old regime--monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ church‚ and privilege--against the forces of liberalism and nationalism. As minister of a German-led multi-national empire‚ Metternich had reason to fear nationalism as much as
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the Sixth Coalition on the Allied side‚ he signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau that sent Napoleon into exile. In recognition of his service to the Austrian Empire‚ he was raised to the title of Prince in October 1813. Prince Metternich lead the Congress of Vienna. He helped restore balance of power to all of Europe and proposed a peacekeeping organization called the Concert of Europe. He attempted to restore hereditary monarchs that lost power but only ended up making the people favor nationalism.
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look at changes made by nationalism to the Vienna settlement. Vienna settlement can be seen as a stage that attempts to stop changes from taking place in Europe: it aimed to "turn to clock back"‚ restoring old order‚ and preserve a "status quo" to maintain balance of power and stability in return for peace. Changes made to it started in 1830‚ when there was the Belgium War of Independence. The Belgians‚ forced to unite with Holland in 1815 by the Vienna settlement to create a buffer state to prevent
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The statesmen at the Congress of Vienna were faced with the task of creating a lasting peace for Europe after the generation of welfare from 1792 to 1815. In order to handle this task‚ it required leader(s) that were strong‚ likable‚ and persuasive. Not only did these leaders need to have favorable ideas and personalities but these leaders needed to have guidelines for their actions. Their actions then needed to lead to a peaceful state that kept everyone from the working class to the upper class
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end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’ revolutions took place. In 1815‚ the ’German’ political system was heavily influenced by Metternich and Austria‚ and there was still no clear ’German’ borders as all of the 39 states formed by the Vienna Congress still remained‚ and many had no intention of simply just joining borders with another state. However‚ it could be argued that ’Germany’ developed economically and politically between 1815-48‚ through the formation of trade unions and new constitutions
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and Prussians to argue it because it was their own system. The principle was not applied universally and both Austria and Prussia suffered because their heirs were mentally unstable and who in fact were mad. The Tsar put forward a proposal at the Congress that the Great Powers of Russia‚ Austria and Prussia should agree to act jointly‚ using force if necessary‚ to restore any governments which had itself been overthrown by force. This was known as the Protocol of Troppau. This was a very disastrous
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