ABSTRACT
Leopold von Ranke's lengthy research trip to southern European archives, and the European revolutions of 1830, which occurred near the end of it, produced a significant shift in his relationship to the Prussian state. As co-workers the historians Leo, Ranke and his friend Stenzel were suggested, all of whom had published books with Perthes and who also worked for his History of European States. Ranke was unable to enlist many writers or readers for his journal, and he himself had to write a number of the articles that appeared in its short run of eight issues. Ranke examined the history of international relations from the age of Louis XIV to the post-Napoleonic Restoration, the recurring threats to the balance of power, and the forces within the system that led to the re-establishment of the legitimate order whenever it was temporarily threatened or disturbed.
