MB
's stepfather, Dr Karl Blind
, was an ardent republican, political activist, and political writer. His stepdaughter Mathilde took his name some years after he and her mother married. The couple were both imprisoned...
Friends, Associates
Frances Trollope
On this visit she quickly made friends with Prince
and Princess Metternich
. She wrote a great deal about the famous statesman in her book [on Austria]; and her private letters are full of allusions...
Timeline
October 1820: At the Congress of Troppau, Britain and France...
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October 1820
At the Congress of Troppau, Britain and France rejected Metternich
's proposal that the Holy Alliance should intervene to restore the status quo in any member nation experiencing revolution.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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Chernow, Barbara A. et al., editors. The Columbia Encyclopedia. 5th ed., Columbia University Press, 1993.
under Congress of Troppau
November 1822: At the Congress of Verona, European powers...
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November 1822
At the Congress of Verona, European powers discussed the implications of the recent revolution in Spain; but there was resistance to Metternich
's proposal to establish an Italian commission to oversee the police...
January 1832: Tension between Austria and France came to...
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January 1832
Tension between Austria and France came to a head when both Austrian troops, dispatched by Metternich
, and French forces converged on Bologna to suppress an uprising there.
Gildea, Robert. Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800-1914. Oxford University Press, 1987.
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2 March 1848: A revolution began in south-west Germany,...
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2 March 1848
A revolution began in south-west Germany, where the Grand Duchy of Baden's population demonstrated against the Metternich
System and the Carlsbad Decrees.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
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13 March 1848: A revolution took place in Vienna, where...
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13 March 1848
A revolution took place in Vienna, where protesters—both students and urban working-class people—successfully urged the Emperor Ferdinand
to dismiss Clemens Von Metternich
.
Hobsbawm, Eric John. The Age of Capital 1848-1875. Abacus, 1975.
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Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
155-6, 169
Deák, István. “Lawful Revolutions and the Many Meanings of Freedom in the Habsburg Monarchy”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 280-14.