Popular Culture and the Public Sphere in the Rhineland, 1800-1850 - James M. Brophy - Google Books

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The age of revolution challenged the ancien régime's political world, introducing Europeans to fresh ideals of citizenship. German society was no less affected. Following the Napoleonic era, a political culture of partisan choice undermined the official…