In this modules reading, you learned about Klemens von Metternich of Austria, a voice of conservatism. In your initial post to the discussion, answer the following questions:
Based on Metternich’s discussion, how would you define conservatism? What experience obviously conditioned Metternich’s ideas? Were Metternich and early nineteenth-century conservatism merely a reaction to the events of the French Revolution? Why and/or why not?