Ideologies and Upheavals (Chapter 22)
As the Industrial Revolution began to take Europe by storm, a lot of new reforms and ideas were being developed all over Europe. Among them is the Romantic Movement, a movement that was seen as a direct counter to that of Enlightenment and encouraged emotional exuberance. Liberal reform was taking place in Great Britain through things such as the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Corn Laws. Ireland would suffer a Great Famine due to the failure of the potato crop, and a Democratic Republic would develop in France. My objective for this chapter will be to understand why Romanticism became so popular in a world full of machinery and factories.
Essential Question: What sort of beliefs did Romantics have?
Romantics had very simple, but fairly strict beliefs. Of them were the "5 I's of Romanticism": Imagination, Intuition, Inspiration, Idealism, and Individuality. They strove for a more emotional world to combat the world of cold, industrial logic around them. Instead of finding beauty in cities they looked to the forests and nature to find beauty. They strove to be emotional in a time where emotion wasn't encouraged, and a lot of romantics would end up committing suicide, partaking in duels to the death or even madness.
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