Word: ferment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Romantic period flourished between 1780 and 1805 and was at its height during the last years of Schiller's life. Weimar, Jena and, in a less degree, Berlin were centers of importance. The period was one of ferment for young men who thought themselves endowed with genius, and influenced German thought from that day to this. But in a narrower sense, the name of Romantic School is applied only to a group of young men, born between 1765 and 1775, notably the brothers Schlegel, Tieck, Noualis, Schelling and Schleiermacher...