"The breakdown of the Concert of Europe was mainly caused by
disagreements amongst the Powers over the issue of intervention."
Discuss the validity of this statement. "The breakdown of the Concert of Europe was mainly caused by
disagreements amongst the Powers over the issue of intervention."
In the introduction, you may make a brief outline of the essay as well.
There were revolutions in many parts of Europe after 1815.
Meanwhile, the Quadruple Alliance was formed to ensure peace but
Britain had a different attitude towards the solution of
revolutions. This, to a large extentt, caused the breakdown of
the Concert of Europe in 1823. To some extent, other
disagreements amongst the Powers, the death of Castlereagh and
disorganization of the congresses also contribute to the
How about the attitudes of other powers? You may like to show a contrast between Britain and the Troppau Protocol.
"Concert of Europe" is the term term used to dexcribe
various attempts made by the major Powers in Europe after 1815 to
resolve conflicts between themselves in order to prevent
large-scale war. The European statesmen favoured a councillor
system. That was, the Powers were to meet regularly to discuss
over problems which affected their mutual interest. However,
they had a major difference in dealing with revolution. The
leaders of the conservative and absolutist monarchies (be more specific. Which countries are you talking about?) argued that
peace between state and social and political order within the
states could not be separated. They believed that they had the
right to interfere in the revolutionaries of any states to
preserved European peace. Britain, however, clearly states in
Castlereagh's state paper of May 1820 that there should be no
general right of interfering in the affairs of other states. 4
congresses were called but the Concert of Europe broke down
eventually in 1...