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The Legacy of 1848: Unveiling Germany's Historical Path

Explore the unique social groupings, political oppression, international developments, and the drive for change in Germany in 1848. Learn about the struggles, demands, and counterrevolution shaping the nation's destiny.

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The Legacy of 1848: Unveiling Germany's Historical Path

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  1. Das Lied der Deutschen

  2. Lecture 1 The Legacy of 1848 / Is Germany Unique?

  3. From the Meuse? From the Meuse to the Memel / From the Adige to the Belt

  4. Pre-1848 Social Groupings • Aristocracy: high nobility (Hochadel), aristocracy of the courts (Hof- and Dienstadel)—core of the counterrevolution, minor aristocracy (Kleinadel), and aristocracy of the towns. • Middle classes: the commercial middle class (bourgeoisie), civil servants and educated middle class, freelance intelligentsia, and the lower middle class (Kleinbürgertum or petit bourgeoisie). • Peasantry: highly stratified depending upon region and regional history. • Growing underclass.

  5. Political Oppression • Press Censorship • Outlaw of any political associations • Radicalization of political groups

  6. Internal Pressures • Hungry 40s • Demographic Changes • Rise in prices of basic goods • Food riots • Dissatisfaction with Political System

  7. Int’l Developments • Succession in Schleswig-Holstein • Swiss Reforms • Italian nationalism against the Austro-Hungarian Empire

  8. End of the July Monarchy Paris Barricades of February 1848 H. Vernet, Barricade in the Rue Soufflot, Paris1848

  9. Republican Uprising in Baden, 1848 http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/cross-search/search/_1255276722/?search[page]=6

  10. On the barricades, 1848 http://www.bundestag.de/blickpunkt/105_Unter_der_Kuppel/0409014.html

  11. March Demands • A people’s army with freely elected officers • Freedom of the press • Trial by jury • Creation of a German parliament

  12. Bundestag Decrees • Press Freedom • Revision of the Federal Constitution • Recognition of the colors red, black, and gold as federal colors • Creation of the Committee of Seventeen to oversee the creation of a constitution

  13. Rough Breakdown of Political Associations • Workers’ Associations • Democrats • Constitutionalists • Catholics • Conservatives

  14. Counterrevolution • European context-late spring/summer/fall 1848 • Poland • Prague • Paris • Northern Italy • Frankfurt / Baden

  15. Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_christoph_dahlmann.jpg “Injustice has lost all sense of shame.”

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