Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska, is a Polish historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland.
Poznan 10 2013 img 15 Old Market
Kalisz Town Hall 2019 P02
The revolutions of 1848, also known as the springtime of the peoples, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe that spanned almost two years, between January 1848 and October 1849. They remain t
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…theoretically held some autonomy. Following an unrealised uprising in 1846, and the more substantial but still unsuccessful uprising of 1848 (during the Spring of Nations), the Grand Duchy was replaced by the Province of Posen. The authorities made efforts to Germanize the region, particularly after the founding of Germany…
Barricade on the rue Soufflot, an 1848 painting by Horace Vernet depicting the June Days uprising. A red flag, symbol of the workers, is visible in opposition to the tricolour of the French Second Republic.
Silk weavers in Lyon revolted in 1831 and 1834 in response to the refusal of their employers to pay agreed rates for their labour. Their motto was "Live working or die fighting!" (French: Vivre en travaillant, mourir en combattant).
An anti-clerical and anti-aristocratic print, published in Germany in 1845. The text reads: "Eyes Open!!!—Neither the nobility, nor the clergy will oppress us any longer; they have broken the backs of the people for too long."
The beginning of the campagne des banquets in France on 9 July 1847. Public festivities such as banquets were a common form of political participation in the pre-revolutionary period.