HIB0023 Europe after the Napoleonic Wars and the Politics of Metternich

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Uhlíř, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 A21 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
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The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students wil be able to characterize of European history from the Vienna Congress to the revolutionary year of 1848, when under the restored government both liberal and radical opposition were suppressed by the police; to restate secret associations, sects and societies; to charakterize „the spirit of romanticism“; to interpret the international diplomatic vigilance headed by Metternich, the Austrian Minister of State; to compare diplomatic congresses (Aachen, Karlovy Vary, Opava, Ljubljana, Verona); to characterize the revolutionary movement
Syllabus
  • The Viennese Congress of 1814-1815 as a starting point for regime restoration and the ordering of relationships in a post-Napoleonic Europe, the growth of the opposition and the foundation of secret political associations: Bonapartist, Carbonari, Burschenschaft, the Irish Brotherhood, masonic lodges, the Decembrists. The situation in different European countries from Portugal to Russia, from Ireland to Greece. An army revolution (pronunciamientos) as a model for the opposition with the aim of establishing a constitution: Spain, Naples, Portugal 1820, Turin 1821, Moldova and Wallachia and the Greek rebellion, St Petersburg in 1825. The next revolutionary wave of activity influenced by the July Revolution in France (Belgium, Poland, Germany, Italy). After the failures of the previous years the opposition was looking for new directions and found them in international co-operation and from a republican programme (Young Europe).
Literature
  • Zrození moderní doby : devatenácté století. Edited by Paul Johnson. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 869 s. ISBN 802000694X. info
  • HERRE, Franz. Metternich. Translated by Marie Goldmannová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Themis, 1996, 356 s., [3. ISBN 80-85821-36-2. info
  • KISSINGER, Henry. Umění diplomacie :od Richelieua k pádu Berlínské zdi. Translated by Miloš Calda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1996, 916 s. ISBN 80-85190-51-6. info
  • DRŠKA, Václav, Aleš SKŘIVAN and František STELLNER. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648-1914. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 217 s. ISBN 80-85241-57-9. info
  • HROCH, Miroslav. Buržoazní revoluce v Evropě. Vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1981, 472 stran. info
  • ŠUSTA, Josef. Dějiny Evropy v letech 1812-1870. V Praze: Vesmír, nakladatelská a vydavatelská společnost, 1922, xi, 305. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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