In 1815, Europe was dominated politically and militarily by five "Great Powers." In 1914, Europe would still be dominated by essentially these same great powers, who would launch the First World War. Who were these powers? What was their history, their culture, the political framework? Today, we take a look at these questions.
PICTURES FOR TODAY'S EPISODE
Sources:
Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt Inc., 1968.
Bushkovitch, Paul. A Concise History of Russia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colquhoun, Patrick. A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire. London: 1814.
Crankshaw, Edward. Bismarck. New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
Davies, Norman. Europe: A History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Joyce, James. Ulysses. Paris: Sylvia Beach, 1922.
Macmillan, Margaret. The War that Ended Peace. New York: Random House, 2013.
Maddison, Angus. The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. Paris: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001.
Rapport, Michael. 1848: Year of Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 2010.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. London: His Majesty’s Printers, 1832.
BBC: Britain’s Empire in 1815. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/britain_empire_01.shtml
British Library: Peoples and Languages of the Austrian Empire in 19th Century Ethnographic Maps. https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2017/07/peoples-and-languages-of-the-austrian-empire-in-19th-century-ethnographic-maps.html
European Monarch Genealogy. https://web.archive.org/web/20110907065509/http://www.monarchgenealogy.com/habsburghistory.htm
French Constitutional Charter of 1814. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/French_Constitutional_Charter_of_1814
French Charter of 1830. https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1830-french-charter-of-1830
Gemeinde Habsburg (Swiss Municipality of Habsburg website). http://www.habsburg.ch/Geschichte/Schloss-Habsburg.htm
Prussian Army of the Napoleonic Wars.http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_army.htm#_and_its_Glory_Years
Union with Ireland Act of 1800. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/39-40/67
In 1815, Europe was dominated politically and militarily by five "Great Powers." In 1914, Europe would still be dominated by essentially these same great powers, who would launch the First World War. Who were these powers? What was their history, their culture, the political framework? Today, we take a look at these questions.
PICTURES FOR TODAY'S EPISODE
Sources:
Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism.
Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt Inc., 1968.
Bushkovitch, Paul. A Concise History of Russia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colquhoun, Patrick. A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire. London: 1814.
Crankshaw, Edward. Bismarck. New York: The Viking Press, 1981.
Davies, Norman. Europe: A History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Joyce, James. Ulysses. Paris: Sylvia Beach, 1922.
Macmillan, Margaret. The War that Ended Peace. New York: Random House, 2013.
Maddison, Angus. The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. Paris: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2001.
Rapport, Michael. 1848: Year of Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 2010.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. London: His Majesty’s Printers, 1832.
BBC: Britain’s Empire in 1815. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/britain_empire_01.shtml
British Library: Peoples and Languages of the Austrian Empire in 19th Century Ethnographic Maps. https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2017/07/peoples-and-languages-of-the-austrian-empire-in-19th-century-ethnographic-maps.html
European Monarch Genealogy. https://web.archive.org/web/20110907065509/http://www.monarchgenealogy.com/habsburghistory.htm
French Constitutional Charter of 1814. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/French_Constitutional_Charter_of_1814
French Charter of 1830. https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1830-french-charter-of-1830
Gemeinde Habsburg (Swiss Municipality of Habsburg website). http://www.habsburg.ch/Geschichte/Schloss-Habsburg.htm
Prussian Army of the Napoleonic Wars.http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_army.htm#_and_its_Glory_Years
Union with Ireland Act of 1800. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/39-40/67