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Prof. Dr. Christian Jansen (10.05.2017) University of Trier History Chair of Modern History The German Revolution revealed the consequences of various political and social movements and development trends that had mostly begun at the beginning of the 19th century. After crop failures and the initial spark from Paris, they culminated, partly by chance, partly due to an internal connection, simultaneously in March 1848. When the social and political tensions that had built up in the Vormärz period were released, new fault lines characteristic of modern societies became visible that could not be reconciled with the bourgeois-liberal social models that had prevailed until then. The revolution therefore led to a momentous paradigm shift and, despite its failure, is a very worthwhile subject of historical research. More information at: https://online-ringvorlesung.de