his conservative view on life. To begin with, Otto Von Bismarck’s mother, whose name is Wilhelmina Mencken, impacted him the most, when he was in his young ages. She didn’t want her son to become another insipid landowners, or as they were called Junkers, as his father was. “She had high hopes for her gifted son. She pushed him mercilessly to study hard and make something of himself”(19). However, as any other young boy he didn’t like to study, but it’s mother, who decides what is the best for the
autocratic leader. Otto Eduard Leopold von “Iron Chancellor” Bismarck was born on April 1st, 1815 at Schönhausen which is a municipal in Brandenburg, Prussia. Bismarck’s father was a Prussian army officer and a landowning nobleman better know as a Junker. His father aided the Prussian state with most of its army officers and administrators. Bismarck’s mother was a very intelligent and well educated. His mother’s side of the family was well know and contained high state officials and scholars. Bismarck
nineteenth century Junker society. Through the theme of marriage and its breakdown, Fontane problematizes the structure of Junker society in its response to the emerging modern subject, embodied in the character of Effi Briest. This essay will explore how Fontane utilizes the marriage theme and its breakdown to suggest the necessity for social reform. Fontane’s Effi Briest is essentially a novel that calls for the reevaluation of the social norms and customs upon which Junker society rests. The marriage
Guernica's History The word art is an encompassing one, vastly interpreted and with multiple definitions. In the case of Picasso's painting Guernica, art informs, educates and expresses. Its power lies in its ability to capture and compel an audience nearly six decades after the modern world's "other" day of infamy. To understand fully the painting that evolved out of the Spanish painter's outrage, one must know its context. "Why do you think I date everything I do? Because it is not sufficient
faulted for inciting the war has to do with the fact that its elite class failed to prevent it, or rather, they were preoccupied with their own status in society than the conditions of the whole country. All layers of the German elite, including the Junkers, the financiers/bankers and the Social Democrats, found themselves more concerned with keeping their positions of power than with accommodating the needs of their fellow German people. This is most noticeable in the period before the Great War, but
Q: Analyse the character of Effi Briest in Fontane’s novel and critically comment on her fate as part of Fontane’s concerns regarding the cultural legitimacy of the Junker class to lead German society in the final years of the 19th century, but also to what extent Effi is to blame for her own misfortunes. Effi Briest, a realist novel written by Theodore Fontane and published in 1896. This novel forms a story around a female character’s point of view of a socially arranged marriage to a man 21 years
wished to affect the German Government and pull the Imperial government in a more Conservative, Agriculturalist-Friendly and Junker-Friendly direction during the early 20th Century, and away from the increasingly likely path towards Liberalism, Liberal Democracy and eventually, perhaps, even Socialism, Revolution and the overthrow of Conservative, Monarchical government and the Junker upper class.
with Frederick the Great advancing the ideas by implementing religious toleration, freedom of speech and press, and setting a single code of laws for all of his subjects and not advancing them by not abolishing serfdom for fear of upsetting the “Junkers”, or Prussian nobility; Joseph II advanced the ideas of the Enlightenment eagerly by completely abolishing serfdom paying no heed to what it could cause socially and politically and he didn’t advance these ideas in the end because his many reforms
women. Document 6 shows that Johann Junker, head of the University of Halle, thought that women were not intelligent enough to handle university level learning. Junker assumes that when a woman attended a university, and received a doctorate, she received unnecessary attention. He then goes on to say that the “legality of such an undertaking [of receiving a doctorate] must be investigated.” Junker is implying that women are not capable of receiving doctorates. Junker, as head of a university, would have
German agriculture on import tariffs and boost industrial exports. The elites saw this as an attack against them, as the Junkers were enraged with the reduction of their farmers’ incomes due to cheaper produce becoming available from abroad, and the Industrialists vastly opposed the emergence of socialism and trade unions, which would severely damage their profits. This led to the Junkers and Industrialists putting enormous amounts of pressure upon Wilhelm to remove Caprivi, especially through the use
The Problems Facing Bismarck in Germany in 1871-1890 W.M Simon suggests that “…what Bismarck prided himself on was his ability to overcome tensions as they arose, not a capacity to stop them appearing”[1] The problems facing Bismarck in Germany during this period can be seen as three fold. First we can identify that there were significant political problems which developed in Bismarck’s Germany. Secondly there were religious and cultural aspects which arose causing further problem to Bismarck
be holding them accountable. Works Cited http://www.mtv.com/news/1566234/marilyn-manson-sued-keyboardist-claims-rocker-spent-band-money-on-drugs-nazi-artifacts/ http://www.nazism.net/about/nazi_terminology_today/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Most_Wanted_Nazi_War_Criminals_according_to_the_Simon_Wiesenthal_Center
Anti-Semitism, a hatred of Jews, has been present for centuries in many places. However, the term ‘Anti-Semitism’ itself only came into use in the nineteenth century, and along with it came an ideology which fuelled this deep psychological hatred to develop into a political movement which culminated in Nazism. Throughout history, the reasons for Anti-Semitism have differed and in Imperial Germany, it was a combination of religious, racial and political factors which led to such hostility toward Jews
von Bismarck answered the call. By single-handedly unifying the German states, Otto von Bismarck secured his place as one of the greatest contemporary European statesmen. Otto von Bismarck was born in Prussia in 1815, to a Junker father, and a middle-class mother. The Junkers in Prussia, were a sort of aristocracy, but with less wealth and political influence than, say, the 19th century English aristocracy. Since
emerging social tension between the wealthy capitalists and the urban poor caused more traditional capitalist to seek out allies with similar socio-political views. The product of this alliance was a fusion of German aristocracy (Junkers) and the German industrialists. Junkers dominated the higher civil offices and the officer corps, while the industrialists controlled the means to production. This fusion created a new social elite -the traditional German elite. It is this traditional elite that played
Absolutism affected the power + status of the European nobility depending on the country in which they lived. In England the power of the nobility increases due to a victory in the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution of 1658. However, in France, Louis XIV¡¯s absolutist regime decreased the powers of the noble but heightened their material status. In Russia and in Prussia, the absolutist leaders of those countries modernized their nations + the nobility underwent a change, but it retained
from the beginning. Junker von Tronka, an important political figure, cheated him out of his rightful money, and so Kohlhaas felt as if he had no choice but to fight for his rights. This quickly escalates into less of a moral decision and into more of an obsession, bringing up the inevitable question: at what point does passion become infatuation? Kohlhaas begins his adventure driven by justice. He desires simply to have his horses’ health restored and returned to him. The Junker refuses, leading Kohlhaas
From the 19th to 20th century nations were uniting behind the belief of nationalism; the belief that their loyalty was owed to the nation as a whole. This loyalty was believed to be owed to a nation of people who share a common history and language as its core. Due to the growing want for true self-government in Europe, people began calling for unity. Once these nations were created, governments wanted their country to be the strongest and most powerful. A growing sense of pride by the people that
Newton’s Principia, a translation so thorough it is still used today (Doc 11). Some men in the sciences also gained a respect for women and their contributions. Not all men at the time believed women were incapable of learning at a university level like Junker did. Gottfried Leibniz, a German mathematician, even went as far as to state “women of elevated mind advanced knowledge more properly than do men.” As a philosopher Leibniz likely thought beyond society’s opinions, which is why he did not conform
Within the context of the years 1789-1890, to what extent was the process of the unification of Germany shaped by war? Introduction: Previously to 1815 in central Europe, Germany consisted of 39 independent states, belonging to the Holy Roman Empire, which shared the same culture and language. In 1806 there was a shift in power as Napoleon I destroyed the Holy Roman Empire and 17 states were placed under direct French control in the Confederation of the Rhine. However, Prussia was determined to