Liberal Constitutionalism in the Frankfurt Parliament of 1848
An Inquiry Based on Roll-Call Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9645394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald J Mattheisen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 124-142 |
| Publication date | 1979-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938900022329 |
| OpenAlex | W1982470982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
There are few politicians in German history who have so persistently held the attention of historians as the moderate liberals of the Frankfurt Parliament of 1848. That is not astonishing, for these moderates held political power—or thought they did—at a true historical watershed, and they provide one of the very rare examples of German liberalism at the helm. But it is surprising that after more than a century of historiographical scrutiny it is still possible to disagree about what sort of regime they really intended for the German state they believed they were creating. The parliamentary debates were stenographically recorded, the committee minutes have been published, their constitution was promulgated, and the leading participants have written their memoirs. Yet enough ambiguity remains to support quite drastically differing interpretations of their political and constitutional purposes
Ambiguity · Constitution · Constitutionalism · Democracy · German · Historiography · Liberalism · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Scrutiny · Sociology · State (computer science · Central European national history · European Political History Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2025 (45) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |