there were internal problems in the empire. Nationalist movements among Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and others weakened unity. The revolutions of 1848 showed these divisions, leading Austria to ...

The National Assembly that met in May 1848 in Frankfurt's ... Archduke Johann of Austria (1782 — 1859) was called upon to serve as regent of the empire. He was the head of state in the German ...