The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.
Author(s): Derek Mckay, H.M. Scott, D Mckay
Series: The Modern European State System
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2014 [1983]
Language: English
Commentary: PDF
Pages: 391
Tags: Europe: History: 1648-1789; Europe: History: 1789-1815; Great Powers: History: 17th Century; Great Powers: History: 18th Century; Great Powers: History: 19th Century
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of maps
Preface
1 The rise of France, 1648-88
The peace of Westphalia, 1648
The last stage of the Franco-Spanish War, 1648-1659
Swedish supremacy in the north, 1648-1660
Louis XIV's assumption of power and the War of Devolution, 1661-1668
Louis XIV's preparations to attack the Dutch Republic, 1668-1672
The Dutch War, 1672-1679
The peace of Nymegen, 1678-1679
'The Arbiter of Europe', 1679-1688
2 The rise of Britain, 1688-1714
The Nine Years War, 1688-1697
The peace of Ryswick, 1697
The War of the Spanish Succession: from diplomacy to war, 1697-1702
The War of the Spanish Succession, 1702-1713/1714
The peace of Utrecht-Rastadt, 1713-1714
3 The emergence of Austria and Russia, 1660-1721
The creation of the Austrian empire and the defeat of the Turks, 1660-1699
The Great Northern War, 1700-1721
The formation of the anti-Swedish coalition, 1697-1700
Charles XII defeats the northern allies, 1700-8
The collapse of the Swedish empire, 1708-16
The collapse of the northern coalition and the conclusion of peace with Sweden, 1716-21
4 British diplomatic ascendancy and the entente, 1714-1731
The European system after the peace of Utrecht-Rastadt
Austro-Spanish rivalry and the beginnings of the Anglo-French entente, 1714-1716
The Quadruple Alliance, 1717-1720
The collapse of the Quadruple Alliance system, 1720-1724
Uneasy peace in the north, 1721-1725
Cold War in Europe, 1724-1728
The decline of the Anglo-French entente, 1728-1731
5 The recovery of Prance, 1731-1739
The European states system after the Second Treaty of Vienna
The great powers and the Polish election of 1733
The War of the Polish Succession, 1733-1738
The Austro-Russian War against the Ottoman Empire, 1735-1739
6 A new pattern, 1739-1763
The War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748
The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748
The unofficial Anglo-French War in America, 1748-1755
The Diplomatic Revolution
The Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763
The Seven Years War overseas
7 Diplomacy and the European states system
8 Partition diplomacy in eastern Europe, 1763-1795
The European system after the Seven Years War
The first partition of Poland, 1763-1772
Habsburg attempts to acquire Bavaria, 1777-1785
Russian expansion in the Balkans, 1772-1792
The destruction of Poland, 1772-1795
9 Anglo-Bourbon relations in Europe and overseas, 1763-1790
Anglo-French relations after the Seven Years War, 1763-1774
Britain, the Bourbon powers and American independence, 1775-1783
British recovery and Bourbon eclipse, 1783-1790
10 Europe and the French Revolution, 1789-1802
The outbreak of the Revolution
The origins of the War of 1792
The War of the First Coalition, 1793-1797
The War of the Second Coalition, 1798-1802
11 Napoleon and Europe, 1802-1815
Nepoleon and the European states system
The renewal of the Anglo-French War and the formation of the Third Coalition, 1802-1805
The destruction of the Third Coalition, 1805-1807
Tilsit and the Franco-Russian rapprochement
The Grand Empire
The challenge to the Napoleonic Empire, 1808-1812
The defeat of Napoleon, 1812-1815
12 The great powers in 1815
Bibliography
Maps
Index
