HIB0023 Europe after the Napoleonic Wars and the Politics of Metternich

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Uhlíř, CSc. (lecturer), Mgr. Hana Ambrožová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 A21 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this one-semester course is to familiarise students with European history from the Vienna Congress to the revolutionary year of 1848, when under the restored government both liberal and radical opposition were suppressed by the police. The illegal opposition gradually began to acquire political force and prepared itself for a return to politics. It was made up from secret associations, sects and societies that met in small groups and lodges, and often used idiosyncratic rituals and ceremonies. Among other things there can be felt the spirit of romanticism. In the case of localised revolts and rebellions it was through the efforts of the conservative government and the strength of the army that these separate revolutionary incidents were prevented from spreading to other countries. Above all there was the international diplomatic vigilance headed by Metternich, the Austrian Minister of State. When the status quo came under threat this would be dealt with via diplomatic congresses, which met in various places as required, more often than not in the lands of the Habsburg monarchy (Aachen, Karlovy Vary, Opava, Ljubljana, Verona). The first great eruption in this period was the July revolution in France which overthrew the Bourbon regime and installed a liberal government of king and townsmen under Louis Philippe of Orleans. The revolutionary groups moved into a new phase in the ‘30s in which a republican programme dominated on the international level.
Syllabus
  • The Viennese Congress of 1814-1815 as a starting point for regime restoration and the ordering of relationships in a post-Napoleonic Europe, the growth of the opposition and the foundation of secret political associations: Bonapartist, Carbonari, Burschenschaft, the Irish Brotherhood, masonic lodges, the Decembrists. The situation in different European countries from Portugal to Russia, from Ireland to Greece. An army revolution (pronunciamientos) as a model for the opposition with the aim of establishing a constitution: Spain, Naples, Portugal 1820, Turin 1821, Moldova and Wallachia and the Greek rebellion, St Petersburg in 1825. The next revolutionary wave of activity influenced by the July Revolution in France (Belgium, Poland, Germany, Italy). After the failures of the previous years the opposition was looking for new directions and found them in international co-operation and from a republican programme (Young Europe).
Literature
  • Zrození moderní doby : devatenácté století. Edited by Paul Johnson. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 869 s. ISBN 802000694X. info
  • HERRE, Franz. Metternich. Translated by Marie Goldmannová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Themis, 1996, 356 s., [3. ISBN 80-85821-36-2. info
  • KISSINGER, Henry. Umění diplomacie :od Richelieua k pádu Berlínské zdi. Translated by Miloš Calda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1996, 916 s. ISBN 80-85190-51-6. info
  • DRŠKA, Václav, Aleš SKŘIVAN and František STELLNER. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648-1914. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 217 s. ISBN 80-85241-57-9. info
  • HROCH, Miroslav. Buržoazní revoluce v Evropě. Vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1981, 472 stran. info
  • ŠUSTA, Josef. Dějiny Evropy v letech 1812-1870. V Praze: Vesmír, nakladatelská a vydavatelská společnost, 1922, xi, 305. URL info
Assessment methods
lecture, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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