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THE RESTORATION OF ABSOLUTISM
THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA
Victorious countries
defeated Napoleon
1814-1815
no interruptions
participants
absolute monarchies
Russia
Prussia
Austria
parliamentary monarchy
Great Britain
a representative from France
Objectives
To restore absolutism
new name: legitimism
only the Kings
European countries
old dynasties were restored
France
Bourbon monarchy
Louis XVIII
Louis XVI’s brother
To create an alliance
Holy Alliance
Russia
Prussia
Austria
France joined later
ratified at several congresses
whether or not to intervene
places where liberal changes
Six were held
To restore the boundaries on the map of Europe
during Napoleonic era
changed dramatically
THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE
Consequences
Two new kingdoms
east from France
Netherlands
United Provinces
Catholic Netherlands
Piedmont-Sardinia
northwest Italy
Nice and Savoy
talian territory remained divided
Austria seized
Lombardy
Venice
its Balkan regions
France’s pre-Revolution borders
lost
Savoy
Nice
Norway was ceded to Sweden
punish Denmark
German Confederation
replace the Holy Roam Empire
part of Austria and Prussia
true sovereign powers
little real power
several states
up to 40
Partition of Poland
with the rest of eastern Europe
between
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Congress of viena
maintain a territorial balance
borders
as before the French revolution
between the great powers
interests of the great powers
rights of the ruling dynasties
ignored the opinion of people
THE LIMITS OF RESTORATION
after the French revolution
liberal ideas
marked a new scenario
a point of no return
revolutionary experience
spread by Napoleon
equality before the law
subjects of absolute monarchies
occupation of large territories by empires
awakened national identity
Bourgeoisie
became aware of their political marginalisation
because the Old Regime
realised their potential strength
Situation in France
Napoleon’s Civil Code survived
Louis XVIII
French Charter
adopted in 1814
ordered by the Congress of Vienna
the law guaranteed
the monarch voluntarily limited his powers
equality before the law
private property
religious tolerance
they didn't want to return to the past
maintain
their thrones
the order
