POLS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Otto Von Bismarck, Erfurt Union, Constitutional Monarchy
18 Nov 2016
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Portugal (12th century) and spain (15th century) - rst european powers to unify themselves. Rivalry between the two played big role in their uni cation. England (10th century) - but because of civil war of 1688, nally consolidated in 17th century. France (15th century) - tumultuous history of monarchistic and republic restorations. 18th century germany - still no nation-state; rather loosely organized principalities (cities) - struggles over whether germany should be a homogenous or a multicultural society, strictly. Inclusion of all german principalities but austria. Linked to bloodline, people of germanic descent. Inclusion of all german principalities including austria. Jun ker - lesser nobles, members of nobility but low in the crown hierarchy - owned a lot of land, took several jobs in military forces. Favours small germany solution, believing germany should be for germans, germanic descent - citizenship should be formed from a common bloodline. Horizontal accountability - power checking power, institutions controlling power of the sitting monarchs.
