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Sovereign powers of Monarchies and Empires. Some historical background to the Revolutions of 1848įollowing on from the defeat of Napoleon which brought a French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period of turmoil whichĪ close, the conservatively inclined alliance of powers that had been ranged against him attempted to re-impose the Structure of states and their sovereignty. In France offering social stability at home but ultimately follows policies productive of dramatic change in the wider European Louis Napoleon, (who later became the Emperor Napoleon III), elected as President The Austrian Emperor and many Kings and Dukes regain political powers. Rather than to the democratised assemblies recently established in Vienna and in Budapest as a result of populist agitation, for the future protection

Such nationalities living within the Habsburg Empire as the Czechs, Croats, Slovaks, Serbs and Romanians,įind it more credible to look to the Emperor,

Widespread social chaos allows the re-assertion of Dynastic / Governmental Authority Some instances of social and political extremism allow previously pro-reform liberal elements to join conservative elements in supporting the return of traditional authority. The Revolution of 1848 in the German Lands and central Europe "Germany" (prior to 1848 having been a confederation of thirty-nine individually sovereign Empires, Kingdoms, Electorates, Grand Duchies,ĭuchies, Principalities and Free Cities), had a movement for a single parliament in 1848 and many central European would-be "nations" attempted to promote a distinct existence for their "nationality". The "Italian" Revolution of 1848 A "liberal" Papacy after 1846 helps allow the embers of an "Italian" national aspiration to rekindle across the Italian Peninsula. The French Revolution of 1848 A particular focus on France - as the influential Austrian minister Prince Metternich, who sought to encourage the re-establishment of "Order" in the wake of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic turmoil of 1789-1815, said:- "When France sneezes Europe catches a cold".

Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Prague. * This Page * - The European Revolutions of 1848 begin A broad outline of the background to the onset of the turmoil and a consideration of some of the early events in