Absolutism In 1848

From the events of 1848, Emperor Franz Joseph truly felt that “military force was the only way to ensure political stability” (Pelling 60). Consequently, he firmly tied the monarch to the army and reasserted “the principles of absolutism” (Pelling 61). By doing so, he “lost the goodwill of many of [his] subjects” (Pelling 61). Due to the rise of nationalistic views and the resulting revolutions, the Habsburg Empire began to face an identity crisis. In order to resolve this crisis, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Dual Monarchy was created in 1867 resulting from the Compromise between the Emperor and the Hungarians – initiated by Count Andrassy. The Compromise gave Hungarians a “considerable measure of control over their domestic affairs but simultaneously