An assessment of the Congress System
1. Some see the congresses as a means of upholding the traditional, conservative European governments at the expense of liberal and nationalist governments. Was it?
To answer this question, it has to be preliminary clarified what the alliances guaranteed? The ‘Holy Alliance', was formed by Russia, Austria, Prussia, and was basically a reciprocal to the nationalistic and liberalistic movements in Europe, because she formed a community under the rules of the Christianity, to combat revolutions of nationalism and liberalism. The "Quadruple Alliance" wanted to carry out the result of the "Congress of Vienna" and especially to maintain the "balance of power". She wanted to see discussed all international problems but not the internal problems of every country. The Quadruple (later Quintuple) Alliance formed the Congress System. Some people say it was the Holy Alliance which formed the Congress System, but on the congresses where always just the......
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