THE RESTORATION OF ABSOLUTISM
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA
Objectives
To restore absolutism
Legitimism
Kings were the only ones
With legitimacy to govern
To create an alliance
Holy Alliance
Formed by Prussia, Russia and Austria
France joined later
Great Britain didn't join
Had to be ratified
At several congresses
To restore the boundaries on the map of Europe
THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE
Maintained a territorial balance
Between the great powers
Redrew the borders
As they were before the French Revolution
Two new kingdoms were created
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Provinces and the Catholic Netherlands
The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
With the addition of Nice and Savoy
Italian territory remained divided
Austria seized
Lombardy, Venice and its Balkan regions
France’s pre-Revolution borders were restored
Savoy and Nice were lost
Norway was ceded to Sweden
To punish Denmark
The Holy Empire was replaced
By the German Confederation
Eastern Europe was divided
Between Austria, Russia and Prussia
Led to the partition of Poland
THE LIMITS OF RESTORATION
The Congress of Vienna
Tried to restore the situation
France’s revolutionary experience
Represented a point of no return
Napoleon’s occupation
Awakened the national identity
Napoleon’s Civil Code survived
Louis XVIII adopted
The French Charter
The monarch voluntarily limited his powers
Guaranteed
Equality before the law
Private property
Religious tolerance
