Kingdom of Prussia
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| - | '''Vormärz''', or the pre-March era, is the time period leading up to the failed [[Revolutions of 1848|March 1848]] revolution in the [[German Confederation]]. Also known as the [[Age of Metternich]], it was a period of [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] police states and vast censorship in response to calls for [[liberalism]]. The beginning of the censorship was [[Metternich]]’s [[Carlsbad Decrees]] in 1819. With the decrees the freedom of the press was restricted. The ideals of the [[enlightenment]] were reversed. The succession of the mentally handicapped [[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand I]] to the throne in 1835 made it possible for Metternich to have responsibility of the internal and external affairs of the Austrian Empire. Nationalism and the social developments in the empire created more tensions that would eventually erupt in the form of the March 1848 revolution. The emerging working class was looked at as a political, rather than a social, problem. | ||
| - | The rise of liberalism would eventually be the downfall for Metternich and Ferdinand. Liberal ideals were coming from the upper aristocracy and the middle classes. The dissent of the middle class was extremely evident. In [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] the [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]] was called during the time period. In the 1836-39 Diet there were little gains made, but significant to the peasant class. Along with the abolishment of serfdom in Hungary, it no longer was a question of class but of the national position and the right of the authority of Vienna. The conflicting ideas would eventually come to a head in the [[Revolutions of 1848|March 1848]] revolution. | + | The '''Kingdom of Prussia''' ({{lang-de|Königreich Preußen}}) was a [[Germany|German]] [[monarchy|kingdom]] from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871 until the defeat of [[Germany]] in [[World War I]], was the leading state of the [[German Empire]], comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire. It took its name from the territory of [[Duchy of Prussia|Prussia]], although its power base was [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]]. |
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| - | Vormärz is also the name of a movement in German literature during the same time. It is predominated by an increasing interest of authors in political and social topics. | + | |
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The Kingdom of Prussia (Template:Lang-de) was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871 until the defeat of Germany in World War I, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire. It took its name from the territory of Prussia, although its power base was Brandenburg.
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