post-Napoleonic
Following the emperor's defeat
Post-Napoleonic describes the period or conditions following Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat and exile in 1815.
The term applies to the political reorganization of Europe after his wars, the conservative order established by the Congress of Vienna, and the cultural shifts that followed: post-Napoleonic borders, the post-Napoleonic balance of power.
Assembly reshaping post-war Europe
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- Concert of EuropePost-1815 great power diplomacy
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
Holy Alliance · balance of power · Bourbon · monarchism · reactionary · absolutism · counterrevolution · dynastic
Devotion to one's country
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
- social hierarchyStratified arrangement of status
censorship · secret societies · Decembrists · reform movements · industrial workers · urbanization
Years 1801-1900
- Bourbon RestorationMonarchs regaining French power
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- colonial expansionExtending control over territories
- interwar period1918 to 1939
Ending wartime military readiness
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- standing armyContinuously maintained military force
- occupation forcesTroops controlling foreign territory
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
Congress of Vienna
Assembly reshaping post-war Europe
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- Concert of EuropePost-1815 great power diplomacy
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
conservatism · Holy Alliance · balance of power · Bourbon · monarchism · reactionary · absolutism · counterrevolution · dynastic · Talleyrand
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
social hierarchy · censorship · secret societies · Decembrists · reform movements · industrial workers · urbanization
nineteenth century
Years 1801-1900
- Bourbon RestorationMonarchs regaining French power
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- colonial expansionExtending control over territories
demobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- standing armyContinuously maintained military force
- occupation forcesTroops controlling foreign territory
disarmament · fortification · garrison · battlefield tactics