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THE RESTORATION OF ABSOLUTISM
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA
Napoleon’s defeat in 1814
victorious countries met at the Congress of Vienna
were many participants
great absolute monarchies of Prussia, Russia and Austria, as well as Great Britain, a parliamentary monarchy
a representative from France
main objectives
To create an alliance
Holy Alliance
Prussia, Russia and Austria
France joined later
not to intervene in places where liberal changes were taking place
To restore the boundaries on the map of Europe
To restore the boundaries on the map of Europe
To restore absolutism
legitimism
kings were the only ones with legitimacy to govern
old dynasties were restored
Bourbon monarchy was reinstated under Louis XVI’s brother, Louis XVIII
THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE
maintain a territorial balance
considered the rights of the ruling dynasties and the interests of the great powers
consequences
France’s
pre-Revolution borders were restored, but Savoy and Nice were lost
Norway was ceded to Sweden to punish Denmark for its support of Napoleon
rest of the
Italian territory
Austria seized Lombardy, Venice and its Balkan regions on the Adriatic coast
Holy Empire was replaced by the
German Confederation
40 kingdoms, principalities and territories as independent states.
Two new kingdoms were created
Kingdom of the Netherlands, formed by the former United Provinces and the Catholic Netherlands
Piedmont-Sardinia
partition of Poland
THE LIMITS OF RESTORATION
Congress of Vienna
powers that defeated Napoleon tried to restore the situation to how it was before the French Revolution
France’s revolutionary experience represented a point of no return
national identity
of people living in empires and composite monarchies
Napoleon’s Civil Code survived
French Charter
1814
as ordered by the Congress of Vienna
the most important thing for the architects of the Restoration was maintaining order and keeping their thrones
