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Guiding Question
- What were the specific modernizations that occurred in the German
states under Napoleonic occupation?
Q2: Relate the EIEO concepts to the factors that could bring about
change mentioned in S2-S5.
- 1. Baron von Eggers, Denkschrift
2. Fichte, "Lectures to the German Nation/People"
3. W.v. Humboldt, memorandum to Freiherr vom Stein
- Economic (mode of production; resources)
International (intervention)
Elites and LEaders (individual & small group decisions
by power holders)
Ideology & Information (what people believe will happen)
peOple (especially when they Oppose the status quo)
All of these things interact within constraints set by institutions,
traditions -> "culture"
Key Dates
- 1797-1840: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (*1770)
Queen Luisa (*1776-m. 1793-d.1810), son Wilhelm (1797-1888)
- 1806, Aug: Confederation of the Rhine established
1806, Oct: Battles at Jena and Auerstedt (N defeats FWIII; Gneisenau)
- 1807, July: Peace of Tilsit (N doesn't dissolve Prussia, moves it
west)
- 1807, Oct: liberation of Prussian peasants
- 1808, Nov.: Stein's municipal constitution
- 1809, Apr.: Austria and Tirol rise up against Napoleon
- 1810: opening of Berlin University
- 1812, June-Dec.: Napoleon's Russian campaign
Key Prussian Reformers
- Prince von Hardenberg (1750-1822)
- Freiherr vom Stein (1757-1831)
- W. v. Humboldt (1767-1835);
Alexander (1769-1859)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)
- Johann Pestalozzi (1746-1827)
- Gerhard v. Scharnhorst (1755-1813) & August Count v. Gneisenau
(1760-1831)
For Friday: think about book essay topics
- Sun., Oct. 15, 3pm, Campbell Hall: Niall Ferguson on 20th Century
Conflict & Descent of the West
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