History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Giuseppe Mazzini, Nationstates, Italian Nationalism
3 Nov 2016
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Republic, dec. 1848: louis napoleon bonaparte crowned emperor of the french under the title of napoleon iii, conclusions. More stable that the first half of the 19th century. Surprisingly most of the rulers in place gave up fairly quickly. The victorious side (the revolutionaries) that found themselves in power. Institutions before the revolutions of 1848 fell very quickly were unable to stay in power, the coalitions proved very fragile and would not last very long (uneasy triumphs) Common ground between revolutions: freedom of the press, freedom of expression, a broad demand across europe to open political debates. Behind this is the beginning of an explosion in the printing press- steam printing came of age (truly mechanized printing) made newspapers much cheaper. Political ideas can now spread much more easily, people now feel they have a right to be informed and a right to their own opinion on things.
