Metternich’s Peace Management, 1840–48: Anachronism or Vision?

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0067237822000029" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0067237822000029</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Metternich’s Peace Management, 1840–48: Anachronism or Vision?

Original language description

Austrian chancellor Metternich’s Europeanism is often disputed. It has been claimed that he strove only to strengthen Austrian power within the German Confederation and to establish Austrian hegemony in Central Europe, with European interests and the Concert of only secondary concern. The objective of this paper is to analyze Metternich’s opinions and acts during selected European crises and events between 1840 and 1848, arguing that his approach to resolving them or dealing with their consequences shows that during this period his primary objective was to maintain European peace. He wanted to achieve this by demonstrating the moral consensus of, ideally, all the great powers by abating tense nationalist sentiments, calling for the observance of international agreements and the respect of rights, adopting preventive measures, and warning against or drawing attention to the possible negative consequences of the crises for peace in Europe. Metternich’s attempt at preserving European peace at all costs was mainly a result of his personal experience of revolution and almost a quarter-century of warfare with France. By the 1840s, however, Metternich’s style of peace management was rejected as anachronistic, resulting in several military conflicts in subsequent years. Considering the events of the last century that led to European integration, however, his Europeanism deserves a more forgiving evaluation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Austrian History Yearbook

ISSN

0067-2378

e-ISSN

1558-5255

Volume of the periodical

53

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May 2022

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

75-89

UT code for WoS article

000784531500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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