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The Frankfurt Parliament: Germany's First Democracy
In 1848, as revolutions swept Europe, German liberals gathered in Frankfurt's Paulskirche to write a constitution and create a unified German nation-state. This episode follows the Frankfurt Parliament — its idealistic delegates, monumental debates over Großdeutschland versus Kleindeutschland, the contentious issue of including Austria, and the drafting of a charter protecting basic rights. We explore why King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia rejected the imperial crown offered by the assembly, and how the parliament's failure to command real military or political power led to its…
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