![Bismarck and Wilhelm the first](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GrCa_BVlf2eOUMn3cYicj9wkJeqjb1zCb4yjkDjOrdGCndCAWAyhxLQIxm-o2QD-ppp0tznEPOJefcg2k9pC7f6B550-rrb8r0-vCZfrya8GHo13NkaQOI0_AbHg0RFWK5lOUH6KoiVY/s200/bismarck+and+wilhelm1.jpg)
I think however, one may find on many levels that these two subjects are very much related. With Romanticism a very dominant style of thinking appears on the European scene and even a Realpolitiker such as Bismarck was affected by it, not to mention that the mere idea of a one German identity which served him to forge and force the German unity has strong roots in Romantic thought.
At this point History 5 becomes even more compelling. As of these two lectures, the world takes on a completely recognizable shape and we can identify most easily with the history. I wonder how much we are still romanticists in this postmodern age...
More History 5:
Capitalism and Socialism,
Enlightenment and French Revolution,
Absolutism and Science,
Witches, plague, war and Hobbes,
Reformation,