Concert of Europe

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The Concert of Europe was a 19th-century diplomatic system in which the major European powers cooperated to maintain the balance of power and suppress revolutionary movements after the Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf balance of power system
diplomatic system
international order
appliesToTerritory Europe
basedOn principle of balance of power
principle of collective security among great powers
characteristic conservative ideology
informal diplomatic consultations
intervention in states to quell revolutions
multilateral diplomacy
periodic congresses and conferences of great powers
coreMember Austrian Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
endTime circa 1914
fieldOfWork diplomatic history
international relations
followedBy pre–World War I alliance system
foundedAfter Napoleonic Wars
hasEffect containment of large-scale European wars until 1914
relative peace among great powers in 19th-century Europe
hasKeyFigure Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Klemens von Metternich
Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh
Tsar Alexander I of Russia
hasPart Congress System
hasParticipant Austria
France
Prussia
Russia
United Kingdom
hasPurpose maintain balance of power in Europe
maintain conservative political order
preserve territorial settlements of the Congress of Vienna
prevent hegemony of a single great power in Europe
suppress revolutionary movements
inceptionEvent Congress of Vienna
influenced development of international conferences
later concepts of collective security
influencedBy Congress of Vienna settlement
opposed liberal nationalism
republicanism in Europe
revolutionary movements of 1820s
revolutions of 1830
revolutions of 1848
precededBy Napoleonic European hegemony
startTime 1815
weakenedBy Crimean War
Franco-Prussian War

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Russian Empire partOf Concert of Europe
Napoleonic era followedBy Concert of Europe period
linked to: Concert of Europe
Congress of Vienna followedBy Concert of Europe
Eastern Question addressedBy Concert of Europe
Holy Alliance cooperatedWith Concert of Europe
France and Austria involvedIn Concert of Europe
Bourbon Restoration foreignPolicyContext Concert of Europe
Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs historicalPeriod Age of Metternich
linked to: Concert of Europe
London Convention of 1871 governingBody Concert of Europe
Restoration period in Europe hasPart Concert of Europe
Restoration period in Europe hasPart Metternich system
linked to: Concert of Europe
Russian Empire participatedIn Concert of Europe
Ottoman Empire participatedIn Concert of Europe
European state system shapedBy Concert of Europe
Quadruple Alliance (1815) isPartOf Concert of Europe
Klemens von Metternich participantIn Verona Congress 1822
linked to: Concert of Europe
Treaty of Vienna (1815) influences Concert of Europe system
linked to: Concert of Europe
Congress System alsoKnownAs Concert of Europe
post-Napoleonic era hasKeyEvent Concert of Europe
post-Napoleonic era hasInternationalSystem Concert of Europe
Turnverein movement opposedBy Metternich system
linked to: Concert of Europe
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) partOf Concert of Europe
Congress of Troppau partOf Concert of Europe
subject linked to: Troppau
Charles Pictet de Rochemont associatedWith Great Powers of Europe after 1814
linked to: Concert of Europe
Sweden–Norway memberOf Concert of Europe
Vormärz hasCause Restoration after the Congress of Vienna
linked to: Concert of Europe
Vormärz opposedTo Metternich system
linked to: Concert of Europe