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070230 VO Fürst Metternich, Österreich und Europa im Vormärz: Zwischen dem Mythos und der Realität (2017S)

Fürst Metternich, Österreich und Europa im Vormärz: Zwischen dem Mythos und der Realität

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Moodle

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 06.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 20.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 27.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 03.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 24.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 08.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 15.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 22.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 29.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 12.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 19.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Monday 26.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 41 Gerda-Lerner Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lectures offer a new insight into the European history of the Pre-March Period (1815-1848) from Austria’s perspective. Some traditional myths will be refuted through selected topics concerning the history of Europe and the Near East and particularly Metternich and ‘his Austria’.

1. The state of research
2. Metternich: the statesman and man
3. The Congress of Vienna
4. The German national movement
5. The Eastern Question
6. France, honour and the non-intervention principle
7. The Rhine Crisis of 1840
8. Economy and trade
9. The Italian Question
10. Religious affairs and the Jewish Question
11. Austria’s censorship, public opinion and world
12. On the way to 1848

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral examination at the end of the course (possible to pass it in English as well)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The content of the lectures - the ability to explain the principal problems of the period

Examination topics

The content of the lectures

Reading list

Billinger, R. D. Jr. (1991) Metternich and the German Question: State’s Rights and Federal Duties, 1820–1834. Newark, London, Toronto: University of Delaware Press.
Kraehe, E. E. (1963) Metternich’s German Policy, Volume I: The Contest with Napoleon, 1799–1814. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Kraehe, E. E. (1983) Metternich’s German Policy, Volume II: The Congress of Vienna, 1814–1815. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Reinerman, A. J. (1979) Austria and the Papacy in the Age of Metternich, Volume I: Between Conflict and Cooperation 1809–1830. Washington: Catholic University of America Press.
Reinerman, A. J. (1989) Austria and the Papacy in the Age of Metternich, Volume II: Revolution and Reaction 1830–1838. Washington: Catholic University of America Press.
Schroeder, P. W. (1969) Metternich’s Diplomacy at Its Zenith, 1820–1823. New York: Greenwood Press.
Seward, D. (1991) Metternich: The First European. New York: Viking Adult.
Šedivý, M. (2013) Metternich, the Great Powers and the Eastern Question. Pilsen: University of West Bohemia.
Siemann, W. (2016) Metternich: Stratege und Visionär. München: C.H.Beck.
Sked, A. (2008) Metternich and Austria: An Evaluation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte 14: VO aus Geschichte im Pflichtmodul 4 (4 ECTS)

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