History 317—Lecture: What is Germany?
Outline
What is Germany? The ambiguity of Germany
Thirty Years' War
Peace of Westphalia
Rise of Brandenburg-Prussia
French Revolution
French in the Rhineland
Revolution of 1848
Economic growth
"Sonderweg" thesis
Bismarck biography
William I
"New Era"
Military Budget Conflict - "Gap Theory"
Bismarck rules without a budget
Schleswig Holstein Conflict
Prusso-Danish War
Austro-Prussian War
North German Confederation
Franco-Prussian War
Crowning of William I
Politics
Names, terms
Holy Roman Empire | Charlemagne | Habsburg | cuius regio, eius religio |Peace of Augsburg (1555) | Brandenburg Prussia | Hohenzollern | ancien regime | assignats | Pfaffengasse | Rechtsstaat | Sonderweg | John Lothrop Motley | Junker | "New Era" | Landwehr | "Gap Theory" | Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein | London Protocol | Frederick VII (Danish King) | Christian IX (Danish King) | Prince of Augustenburg—"Duke Frederick VIII" | Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa) | Peace of Nicolsburg | Indemnity Bill | Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Donha Antonia | Benedetti | Alsace-Lorraine |