Europe After Napoleon: Revolution, Reaction and Romanticism, 1814-1848

New Frontiers in History

by Michael Broers

Europe after Napoleon rescues a neglected but vital period of European History. The Restoration period 1814-1848 is often treated as the 'Cinderella' of European history, whereas the period of peace it provided turned Europe into a political laboratory where the lessons of the French revolution could be worked out and absorbed.This study approaches the period not through a narrative history, but by analysing and comparing the major political ideologies it produced including conservatism, liberalism, reaction, radicalism socialism and nationalism, and sets them in their relationship to each other, and within the context of their times.The book opens with an analysis of the Congress of Vienna, that created the political world of the Restoration, and each chapter deals with an exploration of political ideologies 'in action' during the revolutions of these years.

Genres: History

147 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Michael George Broers is the Professor of Western European History at the University of Oxford. He graduated with an MA from the University of St Andrews in 1978 and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 1982.

Reviews

[Doris Raines · Rating 4 out of 5]

AMAZEING BOOK.

[Liam Ostermann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really excellent history - but very much an academic one - readers who know Mr. Broers from his wonderful two volume biography of Napoleon should be warned - this is not popular history but a specialized academic textbook style publication - it was not the book I expected, luckily I read it through my local library, I would probably be more disappointed if I had bought it. The book is still interesting and still readable but definitely a different type of book to his biography.