c. The rise of Prussia and the decline of Austria (1815–1866)
Following the end of the 1848 revolutions, Austria was able to reassert its control and to restore the bund under its leadership. However, the growing economic dominance of Prussia in the next decades, was to ensure that Prussia would emerge dominant by 1866. Why was Prussia not able to assert its influence following the 1848 revolutions? 'The strong man may retreat a step but he keeps his gaze fixed firmly on the...