Section XIII: Political Liberalism and Nationalism, Contemporary Civilization (Ideas and Institutions 1815-1871 of Western Man) 1958 5. Europe Surrenders to Nationalism, 1848-1871 Robert L. Bloom Gettysburg College Basil L. Crapster Gettysburg College Harold L. Dunkelberger Gettysburg College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/contemporary_sec13 Part of the European History Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, and the Models and Methods Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Bloom, Robert L. et al. "5. Europe Surrenders to Nationalism, 1848-1871. XIII: Political Liberalism and Nationalism, 1815-1871." Ideas and Institutions of Western Man (Gettysburg College, 1958), 56-62. This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution. Cupola permanent link: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ contemporary_sec13/6 This open access book chapter is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 5. Europe Surrenders to Nationalism, 1848-1871 Abstract As we have already seen, the year 1848 saw the European continent distracted by insurrectionary outbreaks that touched every one of the major powers. Liberalism and democracy contributed greatly to the undercurrents of discontent under the apparent calm of the previous decade, but it was nationalist aspirations that furnished most of the fuel for the revolutionary fires of that fateful year. In England and France, where the struggle for unification had long before been won, nationalism played no part.