History

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Question:

What did Liberal Nationalism Stand for?

Answer:

Ideas of national unity in early-nineteenth-century Europe were closely allied to the ideology of liberalism. The term ‘liberalism' derives from the Latin root liber, meaning free. For the new middle classes liberalism stood for freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law. Politically, it emphasised the concept of government by consent. Since the French Revolution, liberalism had stood for the end of autocracy and clerical privileges, a constitution and representative government through parliament. Nineteenth-century liberals also stressed the inviolability of private property. Yet, equality before the law did not necessarily stand for universal suffrage.
Men without property and all women were excluded from political rights. Only for a brief period under the Jacobins did all adult males enjoy suffrage. However, the Napoleonic Code went back to limited suffrage and reduced women to the status of a minor, subject to the authority of fathers and husbands. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women and non-propertied men organised opposition movements demanding equal political rights.

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The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Q 1.

What did Liberal Nationalism Stand for?

Q 2.

Write a note on Count Camillo de Cavour.

Q 3.

Briefly trace the process of German unification.

Q 4.

How did nationalism and the idea of the nation-state emerge?

Q 5.

What were the highlights of the Treaty of Vienna 1815?

Q 6.

Give a brief note on the Napoleonic code.

Q 7.

How did nationalism and the idea of the nation-state emerge?

Q 8.

How was nation visualized by artists?

Q 9.

Write a note on Guiseppe Mazzini.

Q 10.

Write a note on Frankfurt parliament.

Q 11.

Write a note on The Greek war of independence.

Q 12.

According to Ernst Renan what are the attributes of a nation?

Q 13.

Explain what is meant by the 1848 revolution of the liberals. What were the political, social and economic ideas supported by the liberals?

Q 14.

Why were the Middle class so named?

Q 15.

What did Liberal Nationalism Stand for?

Q 16.

What changes did Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the territories ruled by him?

Q 17.

Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Q 18.

What was the Romantic Imagination about a nation?

Q 19.

According to Ernst Renan what are the attributes of a nation.

Q 20.

What led to the spread of conservatism in Europe and what were its impacts?

Q 21.

What were the reforms made by Napoleon?

Q 22.

Give two examples to show that in the 18th century Europe there were no nation states.

Q 23.

Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?

Q 24.

What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?

Q 25.

Describe the French Revolution.

Q 26.

On what basis the female allegories were given names?

Q 27.

How was the history of nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Q 28.

Describe the rise of imperialism.

Q 29.

What was the cause of Silesian weavers uprising? Comment on the viewpoint of the journalist.