History 2404E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Friedrich Von Gentz, Heinrich Heine, Decembrist Revolt
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European model and they staged their own small rebellion: the rebellion was tiny and quickly crushed, afterwards the new czar wanted to find out what they were thinking, so he had them interrogated. Romanticism: the name suggests a coherent theory, but it is actually very diverse, similar to the philosophes, who argued for the enlightenment but had many different values, the romantics tended to be outsiders, often poor young men. In many ways he is independent (he has a lot of money), but he is supposed to marry. Lady catherine de bourgh"s daughter (there is pressure on him to conform his mother and lady catherine picked out his wife for him) How does austin describe bingley: affable, a people pleaser, he enjoys meeting everyone and dancing with all of the girls at the party, lively, pleasant, fun, a little bit unstable (he changes his opinions quickly)