HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014 Lecture Four: The Revolutions of 1848
Germany 1815-1848: Restoration or Vormarz? How to Think About Ideological Contest Carlsbad Decrees and Troppau Protocol German Liberalism in Relation to France and England Hambacher Fest Hoffmann von Fallersleben and the Deutschlandlied
German Nationalism as a Program The “Who Is German?” Problem Grossdeutsch The Problem with Austria and Nationalism Kleindeutsch Peculiarities of Prussia
1848 Increasing Tensions “When France Sneezes, All Europe Catches Cold” The March Ministries Louis Kossuth and the Magyars The Fall of Metternich
The Frankfurt Parliament: A First Attempt at German Unity Uprisings in Baden, Saxony Call for a National Parliament Composition of Frankfurt Parliament Liberal Proposals of Frankfurt Parliament Grossdeutsch or Kleindeutsch?
Collapse of 1848 Offer to Prussia’s Frederick William IV Rejection End of the Frankfurt Parliament Military Repression Repeal of the March Ministries A “Turning Point that Failed to Turn”?
The New Austro-Prussian Rivalry Cooperation in Suppression of Revolution Continuing Importance of the Zollverein and Fate of the Germanic Confederation The “Humiliation” of Olmutz 1850 Otto von Bismarck