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The Council of Vienna System and Challenges
Reactionary Thought
Modern Conservatism

The Council of Vienna System and Challenges

Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859): Memorandum to Tsar Alexander I, 1820 [At Virginia]
Prince Klemens Von Metternich (1773-1859): Political Confession of Faith, 1820, excerpts [At this Site]
Prince Klemens Von Metternich (1773-1859): Selections from Memoirs [At H-Net]
Prince Klemens Von Metternich (1773-1859): On the Death of Emperor Francis, 1835 [At H-Net]
The Carlsbad Decrees, 1819 [At Hanover]

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Reactionary Thought

Joseph De Maistre: The Divine Origins of Constitutions, 1810, excerpts [At this Site]
Conservative political thinking.
Tsar Nicholas I (b.1796-r.1825-1855): Imperial Manifesto on Poland, March 25, 1832 [At this Site]
Pope Pius IX (b. 1792. pope. 1846-1878): Syllabus of Errors, 8 Dec 1864 [At Papal Encyclicals]
Pope Pius X (b. 1835. pope. 1903-1814): Lamentabili Same: The Syllabus of Errors Condemning the Errors of The Modernists
3 July 1907 [At Papal Encyclicals] - a Condemnation of "Modernism".

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Modern Conservatism

Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1791, short excerpts [At Internet Archive, from Clinch Valley College]
Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1791, moderate length excerpts [At Internet Archive, from Baylor]
Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1791, extended excerpts [At this Site]
Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Reflections on The Revolution in France [At ArtBin][Full Text]
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850): The Tamworth Manifesto, 1834 [At Victorian Web][Added 7/20/98]
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850): Final Ministerial speech in the House of Commons, 29 June 1846 [At Victorian Web]
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881): Assessment of Peel, from Lord George Bentinck, 1852 [At Victorian Web]
2ND Marjie Bloy: Sir Robert Peel: An Overview [At Victorian Web][Added 7/20/98]
2ND Richard Parsons: Sir Robert Peel created a new Conservative Party only to destroy it [At Internet Archive, from Hogarth]
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881): Utilitarian Follies [At this Site]
John Henry Newman (1801-1890): Who is to Blame? [At this Site]
Newman on the nature of constitutional government.
Carl von Clausewitz: Principles of War, 1818 [At clausewitz.com]

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