1800 - 1850 - The Rise of Germanic Nationalism
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Napoleon’s invasion force was met with significant resistance from the Germans. His actions worked against him, but making all the tiny Germanic states into one, they had a feeling of unity and fought back Napoleon. Herder wrote a book, Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind, where he coined the idea of ‘volksgiest’.

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