ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1983, is a valuable corrective to the lack of academic research on the events of 1830 – a year of revolutions across the continent of Europe. Social protests and political changes are examined to note the causes of the political turmoil and revolution in 1830, and then the results of the revolutions’ developments are analysed, as general European social, political and diplomatic crises as well as a series of individual outbreaks. The book also turns to comparative study to look at the hows and wherefores of the revolutions, as the dynamics, participants and effects of revolution are examined in turn.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

The Forgotten Revolutions

chapter 2|17 pages

Causes

Preconditions and Precipitants

chapter 4|17 pages

A Bird's-Eye View of Revolution

chapter 6|9 pages

France

Political Calculation and Social Protest

chapter 7|16 pages

Belgium

The Revolutionary Creation of a Nation

chapter 8|13 pages

Northern Europe

Adaptation inside Constitutional Monarchies

chapter 9|9 pages

Poland

A Limited War of Liberation

chapter 10|10 pages

The Southern and Eastern Peripheries

The Limits to Pressure from Without

chapter 11|16 pages

Central Italy

Responses to Maladministration

chapter 12|16 pages

The Dynamics of Change

chapter 13|15 pages

Contenders for Power

Social Participation in the Events of 1830

chapter 14|11 pages

The Revolutions and Their Effects

chapter 15|6 pages

Conclusions

The Significance of 1830

chapter |8 pages

Bibliographical Essay