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Scandinavia and Bismarck
This book accounts for Scandinavian unification efforts in a time of great upheaval. The ideological repercussions of the European revolutions of 1848-1849 and the Crimean War (1853-1856) transformed both the international political system and nationalism into more realist types. The First Schleswig War (1848-1851) having nearly turned into one of Scandinavian unification, the influence of Scandinavianism extended into the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian courts, cabinets and parliaments, attracting interest from the great powers. The Crimean War offered another window of opportunity for Scandinavian unification, before the Danish-German conflict over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein nearl...
Scandinavia After Napoleon
This is a stunning book about Scandinavianism, based on huge archival work, demonstrating that a unification nationalism was close to the success enjoyed by Italy and Germany. Another consideration deserves stark highlighting: this is the most exciting book in nationalism studies to have appeared for many years, offering a novel realist theory of nationalism that destroys many taken for granted assumptions, about the nineteenth century for surebut with implications quite as much for present circumstances as well. -John A. Hall, Professor emeritus, McGill This book explores the intellectual grounds of Scandinavianist ideology and its political development into a national unification movement....
Experiences of War and Nationality in Denmark and Norway, 1807-1815
This book explores the impact of the Napoleonic wars on Danish-Norwegian society and accounts for war experiences and the transformation of identities among the popular classes and educated élites alike.
Harfleur to Hamburg
Britain has historically been seen as an upholder of international norms, at least in its relations with western powers. This has often been contrasted with the violence perpetrated in colonial contexts on other continents. What is often missed, however, is the extent to which the state with its capital in London--first England, then Great Britain--inflicted extreme violence on its European neighbors, even when still using the rhetoric of neighborliness and friendship. This book comprises eleven case-studies of Anglo-British strategic violence, from the siege of Harfleur in 1415 to the fire-bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Chapters examine actions that were top-down and directed, and perpetrated ...
John Parish's Journal at Copenhagen
1806 floh der wohlhabende schottische Kaufmann John Parish (1742 - 1829) aus seiner Wahlheimat Nienstedten bei Hamburg nach Kopenhagen, wo er 1807 unmittelbar den brutalen, völkerrechtswidrigen Angriff der britischen Flotte auf das neutrale Dänemark erlebte. Für seine fernen Angehörigen in Westeuropa und den USA agierte er als Chronist der dramatischen Ereignisse in seinem eleganten Exil, die ihn und seine Nachbarn, Freunde und Geschäftskollegen direkt betrafen und ängstigten. Präzise notierte Parish in seinen tagebuchähnlichen Aufzeichnungen und Briefen Luxus und Leid, Krieg und Kommerz in Kopenhagen und Göteburg, ehe ihm schließlich in einem zweiten Anlauf im Frühwinter 1807 die Flucht in den Westen Englands, nach Cheltenham und Bath, gelang.
Union eller undergang
I 1864 erklærte en av tidens største statsmenn seg for «veldig sterk skandinav». Ordene tilhører Otto von Bismarck. Den prøyssiske politikeren samlet Tyskland og var også villig til å samle Skandinavia. Det samme var Napoleon III og dronning Victoria. 1800-tallets tankegang var at Europa naturlig ville få færre, men større stater, som de mange statene i Italia og Tyskland, som ble samlet gjennom krig. Derfor måtte små nasjoner enten samle seg eller gå under. Frykten for undergang fikk radikale revolusjonære, framtredende politikere og kongelige til å arbeide for å samle Sverige, Norge og Danmark i en union. Til tross for konkrete forfatningsutkast og hemmelige forhandlinger ...
Mellem brødre
Efter 400 års politisk forening - bl.a. med fælles kongehus, hovedstad, administration, universitet, flåde og kirke - blev Norge adskilt fra Danmark i 1814. I begge lande er erindringen om det politiske og kulturelle samliv mere eller mindre udvisket, skønt den fælles historie har sat sig dybe spor i landenes lovgivning, institutioner, sprog og kultur. I Mellem brødre afdækker en række fremtrædende norske og danske forskere det, der under og efter foreningstiden forener og adskiller de to lande - hvordan danskere og nordmænd igennem tiden har inspireret og præget hinanden. Det gælder ikke mindst betydningen af den kulturelle union, som eksisterede mellem de to lande frem til begy...
Union eller undergång
I andra delen av tvåbandsverket Union eller undergång fortsätter Rasmus Glenthøj och Morten Nordhagen Ottosen sin skildring av skandinavismens uppgång och fall. Skandinavismen var mer än bara drömmar - tvärtom fanns under andra halvan av 1800-talet högst konkreta, och långt gångna, planer på hur man skulle lyckas ena Skandinavien, enligt tidigare förbisedda källor. Det handlade rentav om att rädda Sverige, Norge och Danmark från undergång. Enligt den samtida idén var mindre stater tvungna att slå sig samman för att inte ätas upp av stormakternas ambitioner. Radikala revolutionärer, framträdande politiker och kungligheter gick samman om att lägga upp strategin. Del två av Union eller undergång handlar om hur de sista chanserna till ett enat Skandinavien gick i stöpet. Den tar sin början då drömmarna om ett heldanskt Slesvig alltjämt är levande och ett krig mot Preussen väntar bakom hörnet. Ett krig som inte bara kom att bli katastrofalt för Danmark utan för hela den skandinavistiska rörelsen.
The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 3, Experience, Culture and Memory
Volume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of society. They reflect on the experience of the soldiers who fought in them, examining such matters as military morale, ideas of honour and masculinity, the treatment of wounds and the fate of prisoners-of-war; and they explore social issues such as the role of civilians, women's experience, trans-border encounters and the roots of armed resistance. They also demonstrates how the experience of war was inextricably linked to empire and the wider world. Individual chapters discuss the depiction of the Wars in literature and the arts and their lasting impact on European culture. The volume concludes by examining the memory of the Wars and their legacy for the nineteenth-century world.
