Chapter 21: Romantisism Flashcards

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Concert of Europe

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The quadruple alliance (Britain,Prussia, Russia, Austria) and later France as well
Used to maintain what the congress had set up, battled against revolution

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Congress of Vienna

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A meeting to arrange a final peace settlement after Napoleon’s defeat

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Klemens von Metternich

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Leader of the congress of vienna
Austrian foreign minister
Experienced diplomat
Arrogant

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Edmund Burke

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Wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France as a reaction the the French Revolution especially radical republican and democratic ideas
Conservatist
Against violent revolution but not against change

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Joseph de Maistre

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French conservative
Influential spokesman for counter revolutionism and wanted restored hereditary monarchy
wanted to avoid revolution

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Monroe Doctorine

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Enacted by President James Monroe

Guaranteed the independence of Latin America and warned against further european invasion force

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Greek Revolt

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Was allowed to happen by the great alliance

Wanted control of government in greece

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Peterloo Massacre

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11 people killed by government calvary when a crowd of 60,000 demonstrators were attacked

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The Corn Laws

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Placed by the toris

Placed extraordinarily high tariffs on foreign grain

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British Tories and Whigs

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Toris- supported old parliament that was unfair due to inconsideration of industrial revolution population changes
Whigs- supported by new working middle class wanted a new parliament
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William Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce

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Carbonari

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Secret societies motivated by nationalist dreams

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Germanic Confederation

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A group of german states in what was the holy roman empire

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Burschenschaften

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Student societies dedicated to fostering a goal of a free and united Germany
Nationalist

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Classical Economics

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Economic liberalism
Laissez-faire
State should not interrupt the free economic forces especially supply and demand

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Thomas Malthus

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Wrote Essay on the Principles of Population which stated that nature controls the population and humans shouldn’t fight the cycle

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David Ricardo

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Wrote Principles of Political Economy which stated that the rise and fall of wages spurred the continuance of the rise and fall of population

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John Stuart Mill

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Wrote On Liberty and On the Subjection of Women

He stood for liberty of the individual that is uncensored and stood for women’s equal rights

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Utopian Socialism

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Against private property and competitive industrial capitalism
Wanted a better enviroment

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Charles Fourier

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Wanted to create ideal society model by putting 1,620 people in a community working together for a mutual benefit
His idea wasn’t tested due to finances

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Robert Owen

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Also believed that humans natural goodness would be revealed in a cooperative environment
His experiment succeeded in Scotland but not the US

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Flora Tristan

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Preached the liberation of women
Absolute equality
Utopian socialist

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French July Revolution of 1830

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And uprising after the strict rule of Charles X that replaced him and began the bourgiouse monarchy

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Frankfurt Assembly

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A German assembly used to attempt to make a united Germany that fulfilled the dreams of liberals and nationalists

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Giuseppe Mazzini
Dedicated italian nationalist who founded the organization Young Italy to bring about a united Italy
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Romanticism
Intution, feeling, emotion, imagination, sentiment and inner feelings were the sources of knowing
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Goethe
Wrote The Sorrows Of The Young Werther in which the main character is a romantic figure
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The Brothers Grimm
Historical focused writings | Collections of local fairy tales
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Sir Walter Scott
wrote Ivanhoe | Had historical context
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Neo-Gothic
New form of gothic | Made by romanticism
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Mary Shelley
Wrote Frankenstein | Was a gothic literature piece
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Advocated atheism | Wrote Prometheus Unbound about a revolt of humans against the laws and customs that oppress them
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Lord Byron
Romantic heroism | Wrote Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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William Wordsworth
Was a big nature poet that really connected to nature and wrote about mystical things
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Caspar David Friedrich
Preoccupation with nature and god Left a feeling of mystery/mysticism Believed in painting with your "spiritual eye"
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Joseph Mallord Willard Turner
Obsessed with nature | Painted using moods not realism
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Eugene Delacroix
Fascinated with the exotic and had a love for color Believed "a painting should be a feast to the eye" Theatricality with movement
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Ludwig von Beethoven
Transitioned from classics to romantic Used his music to express his innermost feelings Used uncontrolled rhythm to show feelings
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Chateaubriand
wrote the Genius of Christianity also know as the Bible of Romanticism Used sentiment