The German Confederation
Hello and welcome to Revolutions. In 1848, Germany did not exist on any map in Europe. It only existed in the minds of a handful of idealists, dreamers, romantics, and political reformers, whose imaginations had been swept away by the tidal wave of the French Revolution and Napoleon’s conquest of Europe, but who were then […]
Order and Liberty
Hello and welcome to Revolutions. On July 28, 1831, a suitably solemn but enthusiastic ceremony was held in the Place de la of Bastille. In the wake of the July Revolution, the new government of Louis Philippe worked overtime to cement the official story that the Three Glorious Days had been about the people of […]
The Volcano
Hello and welcome to Revolutions. Welcome back to our now seventh Revolution together, seven!, this time, the great revolutionary year of 1848, also known as “the turning point that did not turn”. … Now let’s turn our attention to the Revolutions of 1848. On January the 29th, 1848, Alexi De Tocqueville, member of the French […]