HIST 1084 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scorched Earth, Romantic Nationalism, Ottoman Empire
Document Summary
Birth of the modern world : the european moment. All peoples derive their identities from their nations, which are defined by common language, shared cultural traditions or religion. Attractive to many people across class and political lines. Folktales, poems and histories expressing shared cultural and linguistic heritage. Conquered spain, germans, italians, austria, prussia, russia. Create an orderly society -- napoleonic code. Napoleon loses half of his army due to the brutal winter. Prussia, russia, and the british unite to take down napoleon since his forces were weak. 1815 grand alliance defeats napoleon at waterloo. France defeated at the mercy of alliance. Went back to france and led another attack and defeated quickly. Napoleon exiled to saint helena near africa until 1821. 1814: european rulers met to discuss breakup of napoleon"s empire. Need to create stable, enforceable boundaries with good rulers. Treaty of paris (1815): spheres of interest built into congress system.
