Springtime of Nations
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Proper noun
[edit]- (history, European history) A period, sometimes confounded with the Age of Revolution in Europe and/or the pre-March era (Vormärz) specifically in Germany; variously beginning in 1789 (the French Revolution) or (in Germany) either in 1815 (German Confederation) or 1830 (French July Revolution) and leading up to to the Revolutions of 1848.
- (history, European history) A period from 1848-49 (Revolutions of 1848) characterised by political upheavals throughout Europe which aimed to replace monarchies with independent nation-states.
- 1964, book review in Quarterly Review of Scientific Publications, Issues 25-32, Polish Academy of Sciences, page 48,
- Literary life in Silesia is portrayed in the period from 1806 (the date of the final annexation of Silesia by Prussia) until 1849 (the end of the Springtime of Nations).
- 1951, “The Twentieth Century, Volume 150”, in Nineteenth Century and After, Limited, page 20:
- But what about the harbinger of the Springtime of Nations; and Karl Marx; and the visions of the brotherhood of mankind?
- 1999, New York Public Library News, Volumes 8-9, New York Public Library, page 89:
- […] was but the prodrome of a succession of Slavic revolts: first in Poland in 1830–31, and then of the Czechs, Croats, and Ruthenians in Galicia at the time of the revolutions of 1848-49 ("The Springtime of nations").
- 1964, book review in Quarterly Review of Scientific Publications, Issues 25-32, Polish Academy of Sciences, page 48,
- (history) A general term for similar revolutions in recent times; cf. Arab Spring
- 2002, Anna Szalai, In the Land of Hagar: The Jews of Hungary, Beth Hatefutsoth, page 114:
- The legacy of the Springtime of Nations in Hungary was double-edged.
- 2008, Mitchell Alexander Orenstein, Stephen R. Bloom, Nicole Lindstrom, Transnational Actors in Central and East European Transitions, University of Pittsburgh Press, page 171:
- For while 1989 was greeted as a magical year by the Western mass public—a new springtime of nations auguring a long-term peace—for policy makers it meant trouble.
Synonyms
[edit]- (period of revolutions) People's Spring, Springtime of the Peoples
Related terms
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[edit]period 1789/1815-48 in Europe characterised by revolutions
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period 1848-49 in Europe characterised by revolutions
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a general term for similar revolutions
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Further reading
[edit]Age of Revolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia