The Concert of Europe was a general agreement between the great powers of 19th-century Europe to maintain the European balance of power, political boundaries, and spheres of influence. Never a perfect
Portrait of Prince Metternich by Thomas Lawrence. Prince Metternich, Austrian chancellor and foreign minister, as well as an influential leader in the Concert of Europe
The Declaration of Victory After the Battle of Leipzig by Johann Peter Krafft, 1839. Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria and Frederick William III of Prussia after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813
The Entry of Emperor Francis I into Vienna After the Peace of Paris by Johann Peter Krafft.
Negotiations at the Congress of Vienna
The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that e
Concert of Europe
…including rival alliances and the rise of nationalism. The Congress-focused approach to international affairs continued to be influential in the later League of Nations, the United Nations, the Group of Seven and other multi-lateral summits and organizations. The Concert of Europe arose from the coalitions which had…
The 1864 Geneva Convention, one of the earliest formulations of written international law
Lord Bryce, one of the earliest advocates for a League of Nations
Jan Smuts helped to draft the Covenant of the League of Nations.
The League to Enforce Peace published this full-page promotion in The New York Times on Christmas Day 1918. It resolved that the League "should ensure peace by eliminating causes of dissension, by deciding controversies by peaceable means, and by uniting the potential force of all the members as a standing menace against any nation that seeks to upset the peace of the world".