19th Century Germany
Balance of Power
Bismarck’s systematic engineering of a German State. (Sometimes called Balance of Power)
During Germany’s unification, the industrialization turns it into a major power. Class relations change because of the industrialization, which also created the New Money, the middle class and working class. Both are ambitious and want to play a part in politics. This eventually causes political instability.
Nationalism also becomes a major theme, first emerged during the French Revolution.
Why does Germany unify so late as a country?
“Sonderweg” – special path (german) basically states that Germany deviated from other states, keeping the aristocracy dominant. This is thought to be deterministic, as the sole cause for their rise to power. Why would something like this lead toward Nazism?
Why did the Germans unify so late? Germany in the 1500’s is Swiss cheese; there are thousands of divisions throughout the country. All of the states around Germany are practically established as one place or empires.
Why did Brandenburg eventually grow into Prussia?
Importance of Religion in Political Dealings and how Medieval Kingship worked:
What makes a nation? What makes a country? What makes a Kingdom?
Natural barriers provide a good barometer of shaping countries. Germany actually doesn’t have effective natural barriers. Ethnicity and Religion, Language and Currency, Culture, and so on.
A nation has citizens. What is implied in a citizen? *Rights* and *Duty* There really is no feeling of obligation for citizens in a Kingdom. First off, there is a King and a King has his subjects (citizens). Again, WHY ISNT GERMANY UNIFIED? It had no common language at the time, it doesn’t have natural boundaries. It had some Duchies and Kingdoms, and also some Church states ruled by an Archbishop, but that’s it. A state has certain monopolies that no other institution can do like:
Taxes
Laws
Raising an Army
Administer Justice
A king can do all that crap only on his
Bismarck’s systematic engineering of a German State. (Sometimes called Balance of Power)
During Germany’s unification, the industrialization turns it into a major power. Class relations change because of the industrialization, which also created the New Money, the middle class and working class. Both are ambitious and want to play a part in politics. This eventually causes political instability.
Nationalism also becomes a major theme, first emerged during the French Revolution.
Why does Germany unify so late as a country?
“Sonderweg” – special path (german) basically states that Germany deviated from other states, keeping the aristocracy dominant. This is thought to be deterministic, as the sole cause for their rise to power. Why would something like this lead toward Nazism?
Why did the Germans unify so late? Germany in the 1500’s is Swiss cheese; there are thousands of divisions throughout the country. All of the states around Germany are practically established as one place or empires.
Why did Brandenburg eventually grow into Prussia?
Importance of Religion in Political Dealings and how Medieval Kingship worked:
What makes a nation? What makes a country? What makes a Kingdom?
Natural barriers provide a good barometer of shaping countries. Germany actually doesn’t have effective natural barriers. Ethnicity and Religion, Language and Currency, Culture, and so on.
A nation has citizens. What is implied in a citizen? *Rights* and *Duty* There really is no feeling of obligation for citizens in a Kingdom. First off, there is a King and a King has his subjects (citizens). Again, WHY ISNT GERMANY UNIFIED? It had no common language at the time, it doesn’t have natural boundaries. It had some Duchies and Kingdoms, and also some Church states ruled by an Archbishop, but that’s it. A state has certain monopolies that no other institution can do like:
Taxes
Laws
Raising an Army
Administer Justice
A king can do all that crap only on his