
If any leading principle could be discovered in the territorial settlement that was reached at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it was the restoration of the balance of power. The Vienna system, the political and legal order of Europe after the fall of Napoleonic France, rested on two main pillars. Middle Eastern Organizations/Institutions.International Organizations/Institutions.Use of force, war, peace and neutrality.Statehood, jurisdiction of states, organs of states.Sources, foundations and principles of international law.Relationship between international and domestic law.International law and international relations.International instruments and materials.Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more. If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian.įor librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. The institutional subscription may not cover the content that you are trying to access. Oxford Academic is home to a wide variety of products. View the institutional accounts that are providing access.View your signed in personal account and access account management features.Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members.Ĭlick the account icon in the top right to: See below.Ī personal account can be used to get email alerts, save searches, purchase content, and activate subscriptions.

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In the postwar settlement at the Congress of Vienna, Austria regained lost territories to form an expanded empire whose possessions and dependencies stretched from Venice to Cracow. The Habsburg Monarchy emerged from the Napoleonic Wars in a position of unprecedented strength. This chapter examines Austria at its post-Napoleonic peak, assessing congress diplomacy and the pecuniary, forts-based system that undergirded it.
