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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Age of Metternich | 1 |
| Concert of Europe period | 1 |
Statements (51)
| 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 Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of France ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Klemens von Metternich ⓘ Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh
Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Treaty of Vienna (Final Act of the Congress of Vienna)
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Concert of Europe period
this entity surface form:
Age of Metternich