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Europe in an Age of Nationalism, 1848–70 485

had withdrawn the army and joined them in saluting
the bodies of the rebels.
In Vienna, Prince Metternich also resisted demands
for liberalization and soon had more problems than he
could handle. The most ominous was the awakening of
nationalism throughout the empire, especially Hungar-
ian nationalism, led by Lajos Kossuth. Kossuth was a
reforming journalist who had spent four years in prison

for political crimes and had been elected to the Hun-

garian Diet in 1847. When the news from Paris reached

Buda (still a separate town from Pest), Kossuth inflamed

opinion with a patriotic speech demanding Hungarian

autonomy. By 1849, he was the leader of an insurrec-

tion that declared Hungarian independence. The Hun-

garian rebellion encouraged the other peoples of the

Habsburg Empire to seek freedom. In April 1848,

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MAP 25.1

The Revolutions of 1848–49