Certain years in European history — 1789, 1914 and 1989 among them — mark major inflection points, where history that had seemed to be going in one direction suddenly veered off into another. 1848, by ...
ON February 22, 1848, Richard Rush, the American Minister to the Court of the Tuileries, noted in his diary that he had just returned from a soirée at the Roche-foucaulds'. The party was not large but ...
It may be difficult to see ourselves as Pharaohs or Caesars, but the enduring (and romantic) image of long-haired radicals storming the barricades is very familiar. The ideological battle lines of ...
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 + Bismarck's politics during the wars of German unification (1864-1871)
In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could ...
This first volume of a new series, The Oxford History of Modern Europe, deals with the external relations of the European Great Powers from the Revolution of 1848 to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and ...
In the final pages of Revolutionary Spring, the historian Christopher Clark writes that “the revolutions of 1848 seemed as old as ancient Egypt when I learned about them at school.” Now, however, he ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
In 1848, inspired by the wave of revolutions sweeping Europe, Hungarians rose against Habsburg rule demanding independence, a constitution, and civil rights. Led by Lajos Kossuth, they briefly ...
History of the origins of the Communist League and its actions and influence during the 1848 revolutions in the German states and Europe. For decades controversy over the role played by the Communist ...
At the outset of this magnificent chronicle of the events leading up to and beyond 1848—the year revolutions spread to almost every country in Europe—Christopher Clark confesses that when he first ...
On today’s show we speak with Anthony d’Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and an expert on the history of Russia. Author of many books including the Russian revolution ...
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