Nationalism in Europe
Words: 1458 Pages: 5 8591Cries of "Long live reform! Down with the ministers! echo down the boulevards of Paris, as a cloud of men advance with torches and a red flag in hand (Lamartine). Over the past couple days, disturbances had arisen in Paris as these men demanded political reform. On this February night of 1848, this small spark of nationalism will ignite an explosion of revolutions across Europe. As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, nationalism is "loyalty and devotion to a nation especially: […]