The war was prosecuted against the Independents with vigor and with circumstances of the most barbarous and refined cruelty.Continuing Mexican
Nationalism from the Congress of Vienna
Today's installment concludes The Congress of Vienna 1814-15,our selection from Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 by Henry M. Stephens published in
Britain Pushes the Congress of Vienna to End Slave Trade
The other ambassadors could not understand why he troubled so much about what seemed to them a trivial matter.Continuing The Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna Reorganizes Switzerland and Italy
The Swiss Confederation as thus constituted was placed under the guarantee of the great powers and declared neutral forever.Continuing The Congress
The Congress of Vienna Reorganizes Germany
Of these committees the most important was that which reorganized Germany.Continuing The Congress of Vienna 1814-15,our selection from
The Congress of Vienna Reorganizes Poland
The division between the great powers was caused by the desire of Russia and Prussia for the aggrandizement of their territories.Continuing The
The Congress of Vienna 1814-15
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: France Still a Major Power.IntroductionThe upheavals of the French
Napoleon Flees the Battlefield at Waterloo
Today's installment concludes The Battle of Waterloo,the name of our combined selection from Wolfgang Menzel, William Siborne, and Victor Hugo. The
Napoleon’s Awful Mistake at Waterloo
Everybody knows Napoleon’s awful mistake: Grouchy expected, Blucher coming up; death instead of life.Continuing The Battle of Waterloo,with a