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Europe rebels. Revolutions of 1848 - Spring of Nations

Danish soldiers parade through the streets of Copenhagen in 1849
Source: Otto Bache, Duńscy żołnierze powracają do Kopenhagi, 1894, painting, licencja: CC 0.

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You will learn
  • the areas covered by revolutionary actions;

  • the most important events of the Spring of Nations;

  • the political demands of the Spring of Nations, the achievements of its participants and the causes of its failure.

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In the years 1848‑1849, revolutionary riots called the Spring of Nations took place all over Europe (except for Russia and Great Britain). In France, as a result of the French RevolutionrevolutionRevolution of 1848, the monarchy was overthrown and the Second Republic was established. Its president was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Within the area of the Austrian Empire, there were riots on the streets of Vienna, while the Hungarians began their struggle for independence. Despite their efforts, they were pacifiedpacificationpacified by the Austrian and Russian armies. Revolutionary movements reached also the German and Italian countries, wherein both cases attempts were made to unite the nation into one state. Revolutionary activities occurred also on Polish lands. An uprising was caused by the residents of the Grand Duchy of Posen, as well as Cracow and Lviv. Both riots were suppressed, but thanks to them Polish people from Wielkopolska gained representatives at the Prussian estates, and the Austrian authorities carried out an enfranchisement reform in Galicia.

Task 1
Look for information (web, textbooks, etc.) about revolutions in Europe in 1848‑49. In which of the states the revolutions of the Spring of Nations did not happen? Why?
Look for information (web, textbooks, etc.) about revolutions in Europe in 1848‑49. In which of the states the revolutions of the Spring of Nations did not happen? Why?
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Task 2

Familiarize yourself with the most important events of the Spring of Nations and organize your knowledge. Which of the events were the most important and why?

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Timeline. The most important events of the Spring of Nations 2.1848 Revolution in France. Proclamation of the Second Republic First revolution from the series of revolutions during the Spring of Nation shocked Paris. The pretext were the attempts to ban more and more frequent political demonstrations. In February 1848, crowds of students and workers arrived in Paris, a shooting took place. The frightened king Louis Philippe hastily abdicated and left. On 25 February 1848, the republic was proclaimed., 3.1848 Outbreak of revolution in Austria, Germany, Italy and Hungary In March 1848, in the multinational Austrian Empire, a wave of demonstrations spread over Vienna, leading to the escape of Chancellor Klemens von Metternich, a symbol of the reactionary policy of the Holy Alliance. These events induced the Hungarians to present their own demands. After months of protest, the Hungarian Parliament announced the dethronement of the House of Habsburg and the independence of the country in April 1849. These events also exacerbated the situation in Italy and Germany. In March 1848, Berlin also became an arena for clashes on the streets of residents with the army. King Frederick William IV hastily announced reforms and removed reactionary politicians from the government. In a revolutionary euphoria, the German National Assembly was convened in Frankfurt, which then established and proclaimed a constitution., 4.1848 Agreement in Jarosławiec The news of the outbreak of the March Revolution in Berlin revived the hope of Poles to extend political rights. The Polish National Committee, established in March 1848, called for the creation of the Polish military corps. However, the Prussian army, which stationed in Poznań announced a state of siege and demanded to reduce the number of Polish troops. In April 1848, an agreement was concluded in Jarosławiec, according to which the Polish side was to keep only four military camps, in exchange for receiving the entire administration in Poznań voivodeship. It was only a temporary settlement. At the beginning of May, the insurgents announced capitulation., 6.1848 The workers uprising in Paris. Prague Slavic Congress In June 1848, the uprising of workers in Paris broke out, caused by the liquidation of costly and unprofitable in the opinion of bourgeois national workshops and the conservative policy of the government of the French Republic. The uprising was bloodily suppressed by the authorities of the Second Republic. Meanwhile in Prague, in June 1848, a meeting of representatives of Slavic nations took place. It happened because the Czechs, by not taking up the issue of independence, saw their chance to improve their position in the monarchy of the House of Habsburg in Slavic solidarity., 7.1848 Defeat of Piedmont King of Piedmont, Charles Albert personally led the army, but failed at Custoza, defeated by the leader of the Austrian army, Joseph Radetzky. This allowed Austria to regain control in the north of Italy. Meanwhile, in September 1848, radical democrats spoke out in Rome against the Pope's secular power, and Pius IX took refuge in the Neapolitan state. Joseph Radetzky in the portrait., 12.1848 Changes in Austria and in Germany One of his first decisions, taken by 18-year-old Franz Joseph I in Austria, was dissolution of the Austrian Parliament in March 1849 and adoption of the Constitution. He restored censorship and police rule, as well as enfranchised peasants. Meanwhile, in Prussia, in December 1848, the king of Prussia dissolved the National Constituent Assembly. However, the Constitution promised to the subjects survived the Spring of Nations.Franz Joseph I in the portrait, 2.1849 Establishment of the Roman Republic In February 1849, the Roman Constitutional Assembly transformed the Church State into the Republic of Rome. The Austrian-French military intervention ended this situation., 6.1849 Military intervention of Russia in Hungary Although the Hungarians declared independence in April 1849, they did not manage to break their ties with Austria. The Austrian army of a greater number received the support of the Russian army, send by Tsar Nicholas I, bloodily suppressing the Hungarian uprising.
Source: Georg Decker, Juliusz Kossak, domena publiczna.
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Exercise 1
Do the SWOT analise. Indicate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of revolutionary actions. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. Increase of the national awareness of people, 2. Protests of numerous social groups against the order established during the Congress of Vienna., 3. Different nature of revolution in different countries, which hindered the trans-national cooperation., 4. The rulers, surprised with the revolution, are more willing to make concessions, 5. Wide reform agenda, 6. Different interests of participants in the revolution (e.g. workers and bourgeoisie), 7. Possibility of conducting liberal social-political reforms, 8. Simultaneous revolutionary actions on the European continent, 9. Threat to the position of monarchs, forcing them to make reforms, 10. Repressions and return to the old system after the failure of revolution, 11. Bloody suppression of activities (lives lost), 12. Possibility to remove the remains of feudalism, 13. Fueling the nationality-oriented conflicts by the House of Habsburg within the territory of the Austrian monarchy, 14. Cooperation of monarchs in suppression of revolutionary movements, 15. Greater chances of success for reform supporters

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Glossary

Spring of Nations
Spring of Nations
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Wiosna Ludów – seria zrywów rewolucyjnych i narodowych w Europie w latach 1848–1849.

abdication
abdication
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abdykacja – zrzeczenie się władzy przez panującego

proclamation
proclamation
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proklamacja – ogłoszenie czegoś, obwieszczenie

pacification
pacification
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pacyfikacja – brutalne tłumienie buntów i powstań narodowych siłą zbrojną

Holy Alliance
Holy Alliance
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Święte Przymierze - sojusz zawarty w 1815 roku po zakończeniu wojen napoleońskich przez Imperium Rosyjskie, Królestwo Prus i Cesarstwo Austriackie. Z czasem dołączyły do niego kolejne państwa. Celem sojuszu była obrona ustaleń kongresu wiedeńskiego oraz przeciwdziałanie ruchom rewolucyjnym.

dethronement
dethronement
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detronizacja - pozbawienie urzędującego władcy tronu, najczęściej za pomocą siły.

revolution
revolution
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rewolucja - gwałtowna i znacząca zmiana ale także zbrojne wystąpienie społeczeństwa mające na celu obalenie istniejącej władzy.