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OverviewFollowing the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the ‘Congress System’ became the primary instrument of diplomacy in Europe. So central was the Austrian Chancellor Metternich to the political-legal Congress System that the period has often been referred to as the ‘Age of Metternich’. In this book, Miroslav Šedivý analyses Metternich’s policy towards the pre-united Italian states from 1830 to 1848. With an emphasis on geopolitics and international law and drawing attention to the unsettled role of the Italian states within European diplomacy in the period, this book explains why the Italian peninsula never developed into the stable region that Metternich hoped to establish at the heart of the Congress System. Owing to the self-interested policies of some European Powers as well as the larger of the Italian states. Metternich proved unable to bring about ‘the transformation of European politics’ in Italy. Using a thorough analysis of the role that Italy played in the Congress System and based on extensive research in 18 European archives, this book explains why it was in Italy that the first war broke out after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, an event representing the first brutal blow to the Congress System. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Miroslav Šedivý (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780755602254ISBN 10: 0755602250 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 23 January 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: 1815–30 1. The Heritage of the Congress of Vienna Part II: 1830–3 2. The Impact of the July Revolution 3. The Occupation of Ancona 4. The Non-Intervention Principle and Honour Part III: 1840 5. The Sulphur War 6. The Rhine Crisis 7. The Weak Hegemony Part IV: 1846–8 8. The Salt-Wine Affair 9. The Ferrara Affair 10. The War Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis book is a readable, traditional diplomatic history in which scholars will learn something new about events both well and less known. Summing Up: Highly recommended. --G.R. Sharfman, Oglethorpe University, CHOICE Author InformationMiroslav Šedivý is Deputy Head of the Department of Historical Studies at University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. He is the author of Metternich, the Great Powers and the Eastern Question (2013) and Crisis among the Great Powers (I.B.Tauris, 2017). He holds a PhD from Charles University, Prague. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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