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In most of Central-Eastern Europe 1848 removed the last traces of feudalism, catalysed the "awakening" of nations, leading to the formation of nation-states som
by lkozma 16y ago
In most of Central-Eastern Europe 1848 removed the last traces of feudalism, catalysed the "awakening" of nations, leading to the formation of nation-states some decades later. The nationalism ignited in 1848 is such a strong force until today that we find it hard to imagine what was before that. 1848 in Hungary turned into a war of independence from Austria, which although defeated, led to the formation of Austria-Hungary, a largely multiethnic entity, with relative stability and strong growth for half a century, but which proved to be unsustainable and whose breakup ignited the first world war (EDIT: the end of which sew the seeds of a further world war which had inside the germs of the cold war that would follow, etc. etc.)
- yread 16y agoAustria-Hungary was established in 1867
- lkozma 16y agoYes, but in many ways it was the consequence of 1848.
- Vivtek 16y agoThat was the formalization. Hungarian independence in 1848 was the catalyst (and is still celebrated today; I'm pretty sure that's March 17, but there are so damn many significant dates in 1000 years of Hungarian history that I frankly can't remember half of them). The Hungarian independence of 1848 was really pretty damned cool, actually. It would have changed the world had it survived.
- jleyank 16y agoI'm not saying that 1848 wasn't significant, merely that it wasn't decisive in a local sense. The old order did not really recover, and the changes ultimately percolated to the surface. Changes in today's world might/will not be so slow.