Carlsbad Decrees

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plural noun

1. resolutions adopted by the ministers of nine German states at a meeting called at Carlsbad in 1819 by Prince Metternich: aim was the suppression of revolutionary activities especially in the universities.

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Example Sentences

By assuming joint responsibility for the Carlsbad Decrees of October 17, 1819, he surrendered completely to the r�gime of "stability" which all the while had been urged upon him by Metternich.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

Although speedily liberated, he was in the following year, at the instance of the Central Commission of Investigation at Mainz, established in accordance with the Carlsbad Decrees, arraigned before a specially constituted tribunal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various