European History Midterm Big Questions

Why was Christianity able to act as a unification factor in Europe?

What is the connection between the Enlightenment and Christianity?

What is the importance of Westphalia as a turning point?

Explain the importance of St. Augustine’s De Civitate Dei on ideas of early Europe

How can we describe the principle of Balance of Powers and why is it described as “properly British”?

Why Talleyrand was able to be so effective at the Council of Vienna

Difference between the Holy Alliance and Concert of Europe?

Why did Metternich want to establish intervention?

What are two important years from the period 1845-1870 and why?

1848: Metternich resigns

1868: Bismarck

Why was the Prussian army so successful in the late 19th century?