| Description |
1 online resource (x, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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International library of historical studies ; 114
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International library of historical studies ; 114.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the 'Congress System' became the primary system of international relations in Europe. So central was the Austrian Chancellor Metternich to the political-legal Congress System that the period 1815-1830 has often been referred to as the `Age of Metternich'. In this book, Mirolsav Sedivy analyses Metternich's policy towards the pre-united Italian states from 1830 to 1848. With an emphasis on geopolitics and international law and drawing attention to the unsettled role of the Italian states within European diplomacy in the period, this book explains why the Italian peninsula never developed into the stable region that Metternich hoped to establish at the heart of the Congress System. Owing to the self-interested policies of some European Powers as well as the larger of the Italian states Metternich proved unable to bring about `the transformation of European politics' in Italy. Using a thorough analysis of the role that Italy played in the Congress System and based on extensive research in eighteen European archives, this book explains why it was in Italy that the first war broke out after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, an event representing the first brutal blow to the Congress System. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Front cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: 1815-30; 1 The Heritage of the Congress of Vienna; Part II: 1830-3; 2 The Impact of the July Revolution; 3 The Occupation of Ancona; 4 The Non-Intervention Principle and Honour; Part III: 1840; 5 The Sulphur War; 6 The Rhine Crisis; 7 The Weak Hegemony; Part IV: 1846-8; 8 The Salt-Wine Affair; 9 The Ferrara Affair; 10 The War; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Fürst von, 1773-1859.
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Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Fürst von, 1773-1859. |
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Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)
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Congress of Vienna. |
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Europa. |
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Austria -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Austria. |
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International relations. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Austria -- Relations -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Relations. |
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Italy -- Politics and government -- 1815-1870.
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| Chronological Term |
1815-1870 |
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Italy -- History -- 1815-1870.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1815-1871.
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| Chronological Term |
1815-1871 |
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1871.
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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Europe. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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Internationale Politik. |
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Italien. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic version: 9781786724038 |
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Print version: Šedivý, Miroslav. Decline of the congress system. London : I.B. Tauris, 2018 1784538523 9781784538521 (OCoLC)1037609548 |
| ISBN |
9781786724038 (electronic book) |
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1786724030 (electronic book) |
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9781786734037 |
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1786734036 |
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1784538523 |
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9781784538521 |
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