Concert of Europe
Great powers' accord
The Concert of Europe was the informal system of diplomatic cooperation among major European powers following the Napoleonic Wars (1815–1914).
Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and later France maintained a balance of power through regular conferences, intervening collectively to suppress revolutions and prevent any single nation from dominating the continent.
The system eroded as nationalist movements intensified, collapsing entirely with World War I.
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
- AustriaCentral European alpine republic
- pentarchyGovernance by five
- Congress of ViennaAssembly reshaping post-war Europe
treaty · legitimacy · non-intervention · arbitration · sovereignty · collective security · peace settlement · Talleyrand · Holy Alliance · conservatism · France · great powers · European powers · multilateralism · diplomacy · United Kingdom · Britain · diplomatic alliance
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- 19th Century Diplomacyambassador, ambassadors, envoy, envoys, Congress of Vienna
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- 19th Century TreatiesTreaty of Ghent, Treaty of Berlin, Treaty of Frankfurt, Treaty of Nanking, Treaty of Shimonoseki
- BalkansAlbania, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kosovo
- Prussian HistoryPrussia, Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Hohenzollern dynasty, Frederick the Great
Concert of EuropeWorld War I
First global military conflict
Great War · arms race · total war · Franco-Prussian War · Crimean War
Concert of EuropeLeague of Nations
Early twentieth-century international body
United Nations · NATO · European Union · Treaty of Versailles · written constitution
Concert of EuropeFrench Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
nationalist movements · self-determination · anti-monarchism