The European Pentarchy and the Congress of Verona, 1822

For one reason or another. modem historians have neglected the Congress of Verona. some because they thought the field already had been thoroughly plowed. while others doubted that enough material could be found for more than an article or two on the subject. Indeed. not a single book-length monograph of this international assembly has ever been published in any language. This study. therefore. attempts to fill the gap by (1) explaining the genesis of the Congress. (2) furnishing a comprehensive account of its work. (3) revising some of the interpretations of Sir Charles K. Webster. Harold W. V. Tempedey. and others. and (4) analyzing the significance of the Congress. with emphasis on its contribution to the fall of the Quintuple Alliance. a consequence aided by the dissimilar and often contradictory interests of the allies themselves. This book is essentially a diplomatic history. but diplomats. of course. do not live in a vacuum. Numerous political. social. commercial. financial. and sometimes even religious factors. impinge upon their consciousness. Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Diplomatic Background of the Congress....Pages 3-18 The Road to Vienna....Pages 19-39 The Vienna Stalemate....Pages 40-62 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 From Vienna to Verona: Preliminaries to the Congress....Pages 65-83 The Spanish Question....Pages 84-136 The Spanish Colonial Question 1 ....Pages 137-160 The Slave Trade Question....Pages 161-190 The Italian Congress....Pages 191-217 Great Britain and the Golden Maxim....Pages 218-263 The Curtain Falls....Pages 264-274 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 Wellington and the Congress....Pages 277-285 Chateaubriand and the Congress....Pages 286-301 Chateaubriand’s War....Pages 302-316 From Congress System to Concert of Europe....Pages 317-326 Back Matter....Pages 327-363