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> Nationalism is a very recent affair, the idea that people and not just the nobility have nations is a 19 century concept. Is that right? Sounds like the oppo
by tome 5y ago
> Nationalism is a very recent affair, the idea that people and not just the nobility have nations is a 19 century concept.
Is that right? Sounds like the opposite to me. The English King, German Kaiser and Russian Tsar during WWI were cousins.
https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-kaiser-the-tsar-and-king-george-v-cousins-at-war-in-ww1 https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-kaiser-the-tsar-and-k...
- boomboomsubban 5y agoYes. The German Kaiser was the result of the nationalist German speaking people uniting under the Prussian King. Russia had steadfastly rejected the ideas of nationalism and maintained the Tsar had the divine right to rule, and the British royalty was already largely a figurehead for the British "nation." There can exist nationalist monarchies, just the thing keeping then bound is not that they are the same rulers subjects.