67.1 Crimean War 1853 - Background
The powers of Europe, especially Britain and France are concerned by the decline of the Ottoman Empire and growing power and ambition of Russia. This episode focuses on the problems of the Ottoman Sul...
3 Juni 202225min
66.4 Revolution of 1848 - Conclusion
Revolutionary breaks out across Europe continent from France to Romania, Denmark to Italy. Slowly the authorities regained control but were unable to reverse all of the changes. Most governments, for ...
29 Apr 202225min
66.3 Revolutions of 1848
In the first months of 1848, a tidal wave of revolution shook the political establishment of Europe to its foundations Events began with an uprising in Sicily in January, and by the end of the year th...
22 Apr 202226min
66.2 French Revolution of July 1830, and Greek War of Independence
King Charles X of France is overthrown and replaced by his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans. Meanwhile a 10 month long insurrection in Poland is crushed by the Russians. In the retribution which...
15 Apr 202227min
66.1 Congress of Vienna 1814, Post Napoleonic War Period
The Congress of Vienna 1814 at the end of the long Napoleonic Wars led to a period of relative peace on the continent of Europe. A network of institutions was established known as the ‘Concert of Euro...
8 Apr 202223min
65.3 Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812
The French army invades Russia. The Russians retreat deep into their own territory then confront the French at the inconclusive Battle of Borodino of September 1812. Napoleon leads his men into Moscow...
18 Mars 202227min
65.2 Napoleon's Conquest of Central Europe, and the Peninsular War
The French invade Prussia and capture its capital Berlin, and then move into Poland and take Warsaw. Napoleon and Tsar Alexander then agreed the Treaties of Tilsit. The greatest resistance to French d...
11 Mars 202227min
65.1 Napoleonic Wars - Intro
Peace could potentially have lasted after the treaties of Lunéville and Amiens of 1801 and 1802 had the great powers accepted each others’ spheres of influence. However, the agreements turned out to b...
4 Mars 202222min
