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Metternich's German Confederation: Order After Napoleon
After the Battle of Leipzig and Napoleon's fall, Europe's leaders gathered at the Congress of Vienna to redraw the map. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how that Congress created the German Confederation—a loose alliance of 39 states dominated by Austria and Prussia. They dive into the role of Austrian Chancellor Klemens von Metternich, who used the Confederation to suppress liberal and nationalist movements. The conversation covers the Federal Convention in Frankfurt, the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 that censored universities and newspapers, and the student Burschenschaften who…
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