History

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Question:

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

Answer:

In a lecture delivered at the University of Sorbonne in 1882, the French philosopher Ernst Renan (1823-92) outlined his understanding of what makes a nation. The lecture was subsequently published as a famous essay entitled Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?' (What is a Nation?').
In this essay Renan criticises the notion suggested by others that a nation is formed by a common language, race, religion, or territory: A nation is the culmination of a long past of endeavours, sacrifice and devotion. A heroic past, great men, glory, that is the social capital upon which one bases a national idea. To have common glories in the past, to have a common will in the present, to have performed great deeds together, to wish to perform still more, these are the essential conditions of being a people. A nation is therefore a large-scale solidarity Its existence is a daily plebiscite A province is its inhabitants; if anyone has the right to be consulted, it is the inhabitant. A nation never has any real interest in annexing or holding on to a country against its will. The existence of nations is a good thing, a necessity even. Their existence is a guarantee of liberty, which would be lost if the world had only one law and only one master.'

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

Q 16.

What did Liberal Nationalism Stand for?

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.