1. HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2014
Lecture Four: The Revolutions of 1848

2. 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

3. German Nationalism as a Program
The “Who Is German?” Problem
Grossdeutsch
The Problem with Austria and Nationalism
Kleindeutsch
Peculiarities of Prussia

4. 1848
Increasing Tensions
“When France Sneezes, All Europe Catches Cold”
The March Ministries
Louis Kossuth and the Magyars
The Fall of Metternich

5. 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?

6. 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”?

7. 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