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Why were the revolutions of 1848/49 Europe-wide, while most other European revolutions before and after were rather constrained to their individual countries? What made the 1848/49 revolutions "special"? Furthermore, why were some states largely untouched by the revolutions?

by /u/Pashahlis in /r/AskHistorians

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