Introduction

Revolutionsepisode three point six, the stately quadrille. There were five great powers in europe, france, austria, prussia, great britain and russia. International poli in the eighteenth century was defined by shifting diplomatic and military alliances between these powers as each jockeyed for position. This week we are going to survey the political landscape of europe so that we can have some kind of working understanding of everyone's motivations whin the revolution.