Miroslav Šedivý
Biographic Data
| ID | 5713764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miroslav Šedivý |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miroslav |
| FAMILY NAME | Šedivý |
| SIGNATURE | ŠEDIVÝ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pardubice |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4350-6426 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
British Imperialism and the Decline of Trust in the International Order, 1840–1848
During the 1840s, international crises and territorially limited armed conflicts in Europe and overseas gave rise to or at least fuelled feelings of deep mistrust, pessimism and fear among a considerable number of Europeans. This had wide-ranging and often negative consequences for the stability of the post-Napoleonic international arena. Despite deep-rooted opinions that the conservative powers were to blame, they are not the only ones who can b…
Kosmopolitischer Idealismus“ und „nationale Realpolitik“ Aspekte der Sicherheitspolitik der deutschen Liberalen zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts
In der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verfolgten die gebildeten Deutschen das Weltgeschehen mit großer Aufmerksamkeit. Unter dem Einfluss zahlreicher internationaler Krisen und Kriege begannen sie, die Stabilität der internationalen Ordnung und die Dauerhaftigkeit des Friedens in Frage zu stellen. Die Hoffnung auf einen langen und gerechten Frieden nach 1815 schwand in den 1840er Jahren schnell. Der Aufsatz zeigt die Reaktion der deutschen Liberalen …
Geopolitics and the Rise of German-Czech Antagonism 1839–1848
The rise of antagonism between the German and Czech nationalist activists in the mid-19th century has been neither clearly explained nor convincingly dated. Although this is a topic closely linked to the history of nationalism, the state of research has paradoxically been misguided by the nationalist approach adopted by historians analyzing it. The reason is that nationalism was not the cause but just one response to a greater phenomenon. The aim…
The European Response to US Expansion in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The territorial expansion of the USA in the 1840s represented an important phase on its way to becoming a world power. Historians have paid considerable attention to US foreign policy during this period but have largely neglected the significant impact of US expansion on Europe. Whereas they have written a great deal about European reflections on American democracy or slavery, they have largely overlooked the geopolitical response that US expansi…
A Response to International Insecurity
In reaction to numerous international disputes, crises, and wars, trust in the strength of the written law in the relations amongst European countries began to weaken before the mid-nineteenth century. One reaction to this gradual loss of faith in international justice was the rise of the power-oriented nationalist movements in Germany and Italy advocating not only national unity but also the creation of strong national armed forces and defensibl…
The rise of the Sicilian question in the 1840s
During the 1840s Italian society began to see the Mediterranean region as a dangerous place to live, owing to what was regarded as threats represented by Austria, Great Britain, France, and even Russia and the United States. This conviction resulted from various affairs both within and outside Europe, where the same powers were accused of behaving in an overtly aggressive way, which was used as an argument for the political unity of Italy’s vario…
The German Response to Austria’s Annexation of Cracow in 1846
The annexation of the Free City of Cracow by Austria in November 1846 has been regarded by historians as one of the most important international events in the period before the outbreak of revolutions in 1848. The annihilation of an independent state has been seen as a flagrant violation of international law that led to a weakening of Europeans’ faith in the justice of the post-Napoleonic order. Consequently, it is surprising that even as this ev…
Metternich and the Suez Canal
Klemens von Metternich played an important role as leader of the Austrian bureaucrats and diplomats in supporting construction of the Suez Canal. He participated in many ways, often informal ones, which before 1848 resulted from his political circumspection and afterward from the fact that he was just a private individual. His so-to-speak informal diplomacy is interesting not only because it discloses the high level of interest he and other Austr…
The Path to the Austro-Sardinian War
The aim of this article is to explain the long-term process leading to the decision of Sardinian King Charles Albert to wage war against Austria in March 1848. Moving beyond the normal stress on Italian national consciousness, the article focuses more on the King’s attitude towards the conduct of European powers in Italian affairs and attempts to prove that repeated illegal and aggressive actions of the European powers after 1830 destroyed the Ki…
The Austrian ‘occupation’ of Ferrara in 1847
The so-called occupation of the papal town of Ferrara by Austrian troops in the late summer of 1847 became an important chapter in the history of the Risorgimento. It provoked strong anti-Austrian resentment in Italy, where Austria’s conduct was generally regarded as aggressive and illegal. As this article attempts to prove from an investigation of the legal aspect of the affair, the accusation that the Austrians had violated international law wi…
Balázs Trencsényi, Maciej Janowski, Mónika Baár, Maria Falina and Michal Kopeček, A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe
Italy during the Rhine Crisis of 1840
The paper addresses the impact of the Rhine Crisis of 1840 on Italian countries and explains the role they played in the European State System when the Continent seemed to be on the eve of a general war. As the paper attempts to prove, the crisis seriously alarmed the ruling classes as well as the general public and revealed the internal problems of the Italian countries as well as their deep distrust towards the egotistic and self-serving polici…
Metternich and Mustafa Reshid Pasha's Fall in 1841
The goal of the article is to explain the attitude of Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich towards the Ottoman reformer, Mustafa Reshid Pasha, and refute the widespread and deep-rooted allegation against the chancellor of plotting against Reshid and causing his political fall in late March 1841. The article attempts to prove that it was Metternich who was on good terms with Reshid and did his best to prevent the latter's fall. The article also p…
Austria's Role in the Constantinople Armenian Catholics Affair in 1828–31
Relying on a thorough examination of unpublished documents housed in several European archives, this article analyses the role of the Austrian Empire in the Constantinople Armenian Catholics affair that started in 1828 when the Armenian Catholics were forced to leave Constantinople and give up their property and was terminated in 1831 when they obtained their independent millet. This central European power was active in this affair, from both a s…
Metternich and the Anglo-Neapolitan Sulphur Crisis of 1840
Historians generally depict the Italian peninsula after the Congress of Vienna as primarily under the influence of the Habsburg Empire. It is surprising, therefore, that some 150 years after the death of one of the most influential figures of the period, the Austrian Chancellor Clemens Wenzel Lothar Nepomuk Prince von Metternich (d. 1859), there is still no comprehensive study of his Italian policies, even though such a study would throw importan…
From Adrianople to Münchengrätz
Relying on a thorough examination of relevant archival documents housed in several European archives, this paper analyses Austrian Chancellor Metternich's Near Eastern policy from 1829 to 1833 with special attention paid to Austria's relations with Russia. Its primary goal is to refute some already deep-rooted claims relating to Metternich's attitudes towards Russia and the Ottoman Empire from 1829 to 1833 and to offer a different assessment of h…
Metternich's Plan for a Viennese Conference in 1839
After the Napoleonic Wars, central Europe frequently witnessed important diplomatic discussions, and cities such as Vienna, Aix-la-Chapelle, Carlsbad, Troppau, and Laibach served as the places for rendezvous of European monarchs and diplomats. Austrian Chancellor Clemens Wenzel Lothar Nepomuk Prince von Metternich-Winneburg played a leading role at these meetings between 1814 and 1822, and he particularly wanted them to take place in the territor…
The German Response to Austria’s Annexation of Cracow in 1846
The annexation of the Free City of Cracow by Austria in November 1846 has been regarded by historians as one of the most important international events in the period before the outbreak of revolutions in 1848. The annihilation of an independent state has been seen as a flagrant violation of international law that led to a weakening of Europeans’ faith in the justice of the post-Napoleonic order. Consequently, it is surprising that even as this ev…
Metternich and the Anglo-Neapolitan Sulphur Crisis of 1840
Historians generally depict the Italian peninsula after the Congress of Vienna as primarily under the influence of the Habsburg Empire. It is surprising, therefore, that some 150 years after the death of one of the most influential figures of the period, the Austrian Chancellor Clemens Wenzel Lothar Nepomuk Prince von Metternich (d. 1859), there is still no comprehensive study of his Italian policies, even though such a study would throw importan…
From Adrianople to Münchengrätz
Relying on a thorough examination of relevant archival documents housed in several European archives, this paper analyses Austrian Chancellor Metternich's Near Eastern policy from 1829 to 1833 with special attention paid to Austria's relations with Russia. Its primary goal is to refute some already deep-rooted claims relating to Metternich's attitudes towards Russia and the Ottoman Empire from 1829 to 1833 and to offer a different assessment of h…
Metternich's Plan for a Viennese Conference in 1839
After the Napoleonic Wars, central Europe frequently witnessed important diplomatic discussions, and cities such as Vienna, Aix-la-Chapelle, Carlsbad, Troppau, and Laibach served as the places for rendezvous of European monarchs and diplomats. Austrian Chancellor Clemens Wenzel Lothar Nepomuk Prince von Metternich-Winneburg played a leading role at these meetings between 1814 and 1822, and he particularly wanted them to take place in the territor…
Metternich and Mustafa Reshid Pasha's Fall in 1841
The goal of the article is to explain the attitude of Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich towards the Ottoman reformer, Mustafa Reshid Pasha, and refute the widespread and deep-rooted allegation against the chancellor of plotting against Reshid and causing his political fall in late March 1841. The article attempts to prove that it was Metternich who was on good terms with Reshid and did his best to prevent the latter's fall. The article also p…
Austria's Role in the Constantinople Armenian Catholics Affair in 1828–31
Relying on a thorough examination of unpublished documents housed in several European archives, this article analyses the role of the Austrian Empire in the Constantinople Armenian Catholics affair that started in 1828 when the Armenian Catholics were forced to leave Constantinople and give up their property and was terminated in 1831 when they obtained their independent millet. This central European power was active in this affair, from both a s…
Italy during the Rhine Crisis of 1840
The paper addresses the impact of the Rhine Crisis of 1840 on Italian countries and explains the role they played in the European State System when the Continent seemed to be on the eve of a general war. As the paper attempts to prove, the crisis seriously alarmed the ruling classes as well as the general public and revealed the internal problems of the Italian countries as well as their deep distrust towards the egotistic and self-serving polici…
Balázs Trencsényi, Maciej Janowski, Mónika Baár, Maria Falina and Michal Kopeček, A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe
The Austrian ‘occupation’ of Ferrara in 1847
The so-called occupation of the papal town of Ferrara by Austrian troops in the late summer of 1847 became an important chapter in the history of the Risorgimento. It provoked strong anti-Austrian resentment in Italy, where Austria’s conduct was generally regarded as aggressive and illegal. As this article attempts to prove from an investigation of the legal aspect of the affair, the accusation that the Austrians had violated international law wi…
The Path to the Austro-Sardinian War
The aim of this article is to explain the long-term process leading to the decision of Sardinian King Charles Albert to wage war against Austria in March 1848. Moving beyond the normal stress on Italian national consciousness, the article focuses more on the King’s attitude towards the conduct of European powers in Italian affairs and attempts to prove that repeated illegal and aggressive actions of the European powers after 1830 destroyed the Ki…
A Response to International Insecurity
In reaction to numerous international disputes, crises, and wars, trust in the strength of the written law in the relations amongst European countries began to weaken before the mid-nineteenth century. One reaction to this gradual loss of faith in international justice was the rise of the power-oriented nationalist movements in Germany and Italy advocating not only national unity but also the creation of strong national armed forces and defensibl…
The rise of the Sicilian question in the 1840s
During the 1840s Italian society began to see the Mediterranean region as a dangerous place to live, owing to what was regarded as threats represented by Austria, Great Britain, France, and even Russia and the United States. This conviction resulted from various affairs both within and outside Europe, where the same powers were accused of behaving in an overtly aggressive way, which was used as an argument for the political unity of Italy’s vario…
The German Response to Austria’s Annexation of Cracow in 1846
The annexation of the Free City of Cracow by Austria in November 1846 has been regarded by historians as one of the most important international events in the period before the outbreak of revolutions in 1848. The annihilation of an independent state has been seen as a flagrant violation of international law that led to a weakening of Europeans’ faith in the justice of the post-Napoleonic order. Consequently, it is surprising that even as this ev…
Metternich and the Suez Canal
Klemens von Metternich played an important role as leader of the Austrian bureaucrats and diplomats in supporting construction of the Suez Canal. He participated in many ways, often informal ones, which before 1848 resulted from his political circumspection and afterward from the fact that he was just a private individual. His so-to-speak informal diplomacy is interesting not only because it discloses the high level of interest he and other Austr…
The European Response to US Expansion in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The territorial expansion of the USA in the 1840s represented an important phase on its way to becoming a world power. Historians have paid considerable attention to US foreign policy during this period but have largely neglected the significant impact of US expansion on Europe. Whereas they have written a great deal about European reflections on American democracy or slavery, they have largely overlooked the geopolitical response that US expansi…
Kosmopolitischer Idealismus“ und „nationale Realpolitik“ Aspekte der Sicherheitspolitik der deutschen Liberalen zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts
In der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts verfolgten die gebildeten Deutschen das Weltgeschehen mit großer Aufmerksamkeit. Unter dem Einfluss zahlreicher internationaler Krisen und Kriege begannen sie, die Stabilität der internationalen Ordnung und die Dauerhaftigkeit des Friedens in Frage zu stellen. Die Hoffnung auf einen langen und gerechten Frieden nach 1815 schwand in den 1840er Jahren schnell. Der Aufsatz zeigt die Reaktion der deutschen Liberalen …
Geopolitics and the Rise of German-Czech Antagonism 1839–1848
The rise of antagonism between the German and Czech nationalist activists in the mid-19th century has been neither clearly explained nor convincingly dated. Although this is a topic closely linked to the history of nationalism, the state of research has paradoxically been misguided by the nationalist approach adopted by historians analyzing it. The reason is that nationalism was not the cause but just one response to a greater phenomenon. The aim…
British Imperialism and the Decline of Trust in the International Order, 1840–1848
During the 1840s, international crises and territorially limited armed conflicts in Europe and overseas gave rise to or at least fuelled feelings of deep mistrust, pessimism and fear among a considerable number of Europeans. This had wide-ranging and often negative consequences for the stability of the post-Napoleonic international arena. Despite deep-rooted opinions that the conservative powers were to blame, they are not the only ones who can b…
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