History of Germany

conflict with Roman Catholic church (The Editors). Though Frederick IV was against a modern constitutionalism, he was aspired to create Estates of the Realm on a medieval pattern (The Editors). After the German revolution broke out following the French revolution Prussia finally made their own constitution, even though the constitution was considered quite inadequate. It created two chambers and separated the people into three classes of different amounts of taxpayers (The Editors). Even though the constitution had problems, just having one was able to change how different countries saw Prussia, such as Austria (The Editors). Prussia’s defeat of Austria during the Seven Weeks War, and the defeat of France finally led to the unification of Germany and took France off from being the leading superpower at the time and showed that Prussia had what…

Modern German History Reading Assignment #3 Bismarck’s Germany Value: 6% of final reading assignment grade 1. What was the three-class voting system in Prussia? What purpose did it serve? Who supported it? Who opposed it (Fulbrook, A History of Germany, 126-127; Tipton, A History of Modern Germany, 112) A voting system based on how much one paid in taxes. Conservatives supported the system because it reflected their interests. Liberals did not support it, because it did not support theirs.…

created a new dichotomy o (advanced, democratic) Western Europe and (feudal, primitive, totalitarian) Eastern Europe, even though Vienna is about 150 miles southeast of Prague. Even before the Cold War, Central Europe had gotten a bad rap, since historians touted the nation-state as the teleological endpoint of history. While the nation-states of the far west of Europe papered over their fractures early on with nominally unified central governments (pay no attention to lreland, the Basque…

“German” history is a history of a dominant culture stretching back as far as the Franks. By looking at Germany’s historical roots, one can see how the implementation of the Sonderweg presents a theory about how Germany developed from a feudal society to a modern one using a “third way” to achieve its present state. By looking at how historians and scholars understand the Sonderweg thesis, one can make analytical argument that the Sonderweg led to National Socialism as well as did not lead to…

Written history seems to gain more credibility than do oral history. Over time oral history transforms from what it initially starts with. For example, Nazi Germany slaughtered more than just Jews, but there are more accounts of the Jewish atrocities because there are more written records from the Jews. We do not have enough records of the mass murders of the Gypsies because of their oral culture. As time passed their oral history faded. In fact, when people think of the Holocaust it always…

try as they might, attempt to provide a well-rounded, even-handed account of history through their eyes albeit in the proper historical context, those such as Peter Novick believe many of their efforts to have been in vain. Historian Peter Novick tackles the question of objectivity in his book, That Noble Dream: the “Objectivity Question” and the American Historical Profession, by providing a rather lengthy, somewhat confusing, and exasperated attempt to define objectivity…

The history of mankind has always been the history of imperialism in myriad of its forms. In this context it must be said that the history of the modern world, to a large extent, is a history of European/Western expansion, colonization, and its decline. It is noteworthy that the expansionist policies that were implemented by the colonial powers eventually paved the way for the emergence of globalization and the decline of the process of colonialism made it possible for the emergence of…

Should we watch the historical films? Some people seldom care about their countries’ cultures or history because they think that it has nothing to do with their lives. However, it could help people to build patriotism and occur with the controversial tensions at the same time. The film called Spirits’ Homecoming by Cho, Jung Rae is an example of how the historical movies could present various pros and cons at the same time. It talks about how the Korean young women were badly treated by…

The world wouldn’t be where it is today without the revolutions that took place. The French Revolution which completely broke down the monarchy and attempted to change their ways of society, allowed revolutions to begin to symbolize a radical change of the past. Not all, but most revolts were violent and caused a total transformation whether or not they were victorious. There is no doubt of the importance of revolutions and it is evident there will be many more to come, as the saying goes “Not…

America has a long and varied history filled with times of prosperity but also times of misfortune. The history of America is comprised of a series of events that we have both learned from and have yet to learn from. So the question remains are we doomed to make the same mistake over and over again? For example, war is not a new idea for America. American’s have been fighting wars since Christopher Columbus arrived. The reason for the war may change but the concept of war has not. The…