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HISTORY OF EUROPE
PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EdinburgH.
FROM THE
FALL OF NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCXV
TO THE
ACCESSION OF LOUIS NAPOLEON
IN MDCCCLII
BY
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., D.C.L.
Author of the "History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution, in 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo," &c. &c.
VOL. V.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVI
HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE LIBRARY OF PROF. GESTS F. SWAIN OCT. 20, 1933
The Author of this Work reserves the right of authorising a Translation of it.
CONTENTS OF VOL. V.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF GERMANY, FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE WAR OF
LIBERATION IN 1814 TO THE GREAT CONVULSIONS OF 1848.
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1. Peace necessary to Germany after the efforts of the war,
2. Extreme moderation of the German demands on the peace,
3. Dangers to German independence on the dissolution of the Empire,
4. Sage constitution and immense strength of the German Confederacy,
5. Military forces of the Confederacy,
6. External and internal peace and great prosperity this has secured to
Germany,
7. Great material prosperity of the country: its statistics,
8. Splendour of its capitals and chief cities,
9. Universal education of the people,
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after the peace,
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government,
14. Universal expectation of liberal institutions which prevailed in Germany
15. Evidence from public acts of the promise to give Germany constitutional
16. Delay in performing these promises on the part of the German govern-
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17. States established in Hanover, Würtemberg, and Baden, but not in
18. Tardy promises of the Prussian government,
19. Important resolution of the Diet regarding the internal affairs of the
20. Great effect of these provisions,
21. Effect of the Spanish and Italian revolutions of 1819 and 1820 on Ger-
22. Resolution of the Diet on the propositions of Austria,
23. Supreme Austregal Court,
24. Assassination of Kotzebue,
25. His execution, and immense sensation it created,
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