Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe that was chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and held in Vienna, Austria, from October 1, 1814, to June 9, 1815. Its purpose was to redraw the continent's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France the previous spring.
Further reading
- Henry Kissinger, A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-1822 (derived from his doctoral dissertation)
- Enno Kraehe, Metternich's German Policy, Vol. 2: The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815
- Harold Nicolson, The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity: 1812-1822.
- Paul Schroeder, The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848
- Sir Charles Webster, The Foreign Policy of Castlereagh 1812-1815: Britain and the Reconstruction of Europe
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Participants |
| ► | Waterloo campaign |
| ► | Territorial changes |
| ► | Holy Alliance |
| ► | Later criticism |
| ► | Further reading |
| ► | Other meanings |
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