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The French Revolution: the new spirit of Nationalism
La Marseillaise, as its creation is depicted in this painting, was an emblem of the first authentic popular waves of Nationalism in modern European history. Link: http://www.histoire-image.org/pleincadre/index.php?i=381 -
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How Nationalism shaped the course of modern European history
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Napoleon Bonaparte's legacy of Nationalism to Europe
In reaction to Napoleon's control, German philosopher Fichte said in his nationalistic "Adresses to the German People": "German love of fatherland has lost its place; it shall get another, a wider and deeper one; there in peace and obscurity it shall establish itself and harden itself like steel, and at the right moment break forth in youthful strength and restore to the State its lost independence." http://www.archive.org/stream/addressestothege00fichuoft/addressestothege00fichuoft_djvu.txt -
Italian Risorgimento: Nationalism and "Nabucco"
The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from the Third Act of "Nabucco" is an excellent example of the patriotism during the Risorgimento. Fly, thought, on wings of gold;
go settle upon the slopes and the hills,
where, soft and mild, the sweet airs
of our native land smell fragrant! Greet the banks of the Jordan
and Zion's toppled towers...
Oh, my country, so beautiful and lost!
Oh, remembrance, so dear and so fatal! The complete lyrics can be found here:
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The Frankfurt Parliament: Germany's nationalistic vision
Philipp Veit's "Germania" clearly reveals the nationalistic fervor present in Germany in the post-Napoleonic period. -
January Uprising: Poland's sacrifice for national liberation
"Farewell to Europe" by Aleksander A Sochaczewski, is a Romantic and dramatic homage to the tragic faith of the Polish nationalistic dream; it is an homage to sacrifice in the pursuit of nationalistic dreams. Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Farewell_Europe!.PNG -
The Great War: the clash of hypernationalisms
The underlying feature of the outbreak of the Great War is the hypernationalism of the European powers at the beginning of the twentieth century. The inflammatory propaganda of the period might be to blame for the destructiveness of the war. This is an example of French anti-German propaganda. Link: http://www.histoire-image.org/pleincadre/index.php?t=121&d=21&i=1143
