The Revolutions of 1848 were shocking but hardly unexpected. Hunger lashed the mid-1840s with a doubly deadly grain and potato crisis (Clark’s ancestors were among the many thousands who fled ...

In 1848, the monarchies and landed aristocrats were all still there (France having seen an emperor and two royal dynasties since 1789), but so too was rising literacy, an exploding population, and ...

Recent historical research tends to view the 1848 revolutions in Europe as caused by a surge of radical ideas and by long-term socioeconomic problems. However, many contemporary observers interpreted ...

In 1848 a revolution in France overthrew King Louis-Philippe, and a mob broke into the Tuileries Palace in Paris 2016 has been a momentous year. The UK's Brexit vote and the election of Donald ...

After the revolutions of 1848, liberals helped create a conservative international order that has shaped the world since. By Samuel Moyn Liberals today are being shamed, once again, by their ...

By 1848 a sense of expectation prevailed in many villages, where priests often took it upon themselves to speak for their parishioners. Peasant demonstrations, plantings of liberty trees, and the ...

Women's movements organized in France, the German states, and the United States in the year 1848. This article explores the connection of these national movements to the strong international feminist ...