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• Autore/i
  Vidic, F.
• Titolo pubblicazione
  Rifondare l’Austria. Louis Cobenzl e la cancelleria da Lunéville a Presburgo
• Curatore/i
  Vidic, F., Stasi, A.
• Titolo del volume in cui è pubblicata
  I Cobenzl. Una famiglia europea tra politica, arte e diplomazia (1508-1823)
• Istituzione coinvolta nella pubblicazione
  Archivio di Stato di Gorizia
• Casa editrice
  Lithos
• Luogo pubblicazione
  Roma
• Da pagina
  1041
• A pagina
  1076
• Abstract
  «The Rastadt congress was simply Germanic, the Lunéville congress would be European: the most grandiose spectacle». Actually, Austrian foreign policy in 1800-1805 found itself alone in facing the French overwhelming power led by Napoleon. Louis Cobenzl understood that only by profoundly renewing the state would it be possible to save the Habsburg monarchy from sinking. Cobenzl took note of the liquidation of the Holy Roman Empire and focused Vienna’s attention towards the Italian peninsula. He adopted as a strategic doctrine the “containment based on deterrence”. In his analysis it was inevitable to move from dialectical confrontation to the clash. But the real problem was time. Was there enough time to create a revamped and vital “Empire of Austria” before Napoleon made it a puppet in his hands? The Cobenzls – Louis vice-chancellor in Vienna, Philipp ambassador in Paris – led foreign policy but the general direction of the government essentially slipped out of their hands. Too many centres of power (minister Colloredo, archduke Charles, generals like Mack) influenced emperor Francis. To regain the initiative and relaunch Austria’s future as a great power, Louis Cobenzl bet on war – and lost. But the path he had traced allowed his former pupil Metternich to prepare revenge and redraw the map of Europe.
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