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The Frankfurt Parliament: Germany's Failed Revolution of 1848
In 1848, revolution swept across Europe, and Germany saw its own uprising. Liberals and nationalists demanded a unified German state with a constitution. The Frankfurt Parliament, or Paulskirchenparlament, convened in Frankfurt's St. Paul's Church to draft a constitution. But internal divisions, the refusal of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to accept the imperial crown, and the resurgence of conservative forces doomed the project. This episode explores the parliament's debates over German identity, the role of Austria versus Prussia (the Grossdeutschland vs…
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