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326: The Year of Revolutions: 1848

The Rest Is History

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The Importance of Liberality in British Institutions

In 1849, the British put down a rural uprising in Kefalonia with exemplary savagery. It's an interesting example of how Britain could mobilize out of its own society against counter-revolutionary forces on a scale which we don't see anywhere else in Europe. But is there no element of truth to the traditional story that you were taught? I think there is an element of truth.

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