Tag: reformation in europe

Ideas of national unity in early-nineteenth-century Europe were closely allied to the ideology of liberalism. For the new middle classes liberalism stood for freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law.

Treaty of Vienna of 1815 was signed with the objective of undoing most of the changes that had come about in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The Bourbon dynasty, which had been deposed during the French Revolution, was restored to power, and France lost the territories it had annexed under Napoleon. A series of states were set up on the boundaries of France to prevent French expansion in the future. The German confederation of 39 states that had been set up by Napoleon was left untouched.  The main intention was to restore the monarchies that had been overthrown by Napoleon, and create a new conservative order in Europe.