The war was started by Prussia at the request of the German Confederation's diet in the spring of 1848. It was unleashed by the attempt of Denmark to annex directly the duchies of Schleswig and ...

The National Assembly that met in May 1848 in Frankfurt's St. Paul's Church failed in its attempt to establish a German nation-state. But on the 175th anniversary, there are calls to commemorate ...

Friedrich Engels on the German Peasants War of 1525, arguing that its motivating force was primarily class-based rather than religious. Skip to main content ... "The parallel between the German ...