Social and cultural patterns of German and Italian states by Carter Laughlin

The Germans shared the same language

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:08:39 UTC

A whole empire sharing the same language makes it easy for them to unite. It gives them something in common and allows them to share ideas.

Lutherism spread protestant faith in the German states

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:13:35 UTC

A religion can spread faith to people. In this case it spread protestant faith in the german states.

No common law, currency, or uniform rule of law

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:17:26 UTC

Germany had no law, currency or rule of law. Not having money effected them badly and made life difficult. Also not having laws also had a bad effect on them resulting in chaos.

The German states were devastated in the 30 years war

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:23:28 UTC

The war split up Germany into states. The war also had a bad effect on their economy.

The rivalry grew between austria and Prussia over the german states

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:30:15 UTC

The holy roman empire and Prussia fought over the german states. They wanted political dominance of the other states and fought over it .

The Italian states had periods of foreign control

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:37:26 UTC

The Italian states were controlled by Spain and Austria. They eventually gain back control.

Their culture is influenced by foreign control

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:47:26 UTC

It resulted in the structure of nobility. The foreign control and the Italian states exchanged culture.

Rome stayed the center of the roman catholic church

carterl38 — 2024-10-03 12:50:33 UTC

Even through all it went through Rome stayed the cent of roman catholicsm. The roman catholic religion stays strong and continued to spread.

Italy remained as the culture center of Europe

carterl38 — 2024-10-04 12:19:45 UTC

Influence from classical civilizations helped make Italy the culture center of Europe. Italys culture is influenced by many countries including Spain, Austria, Greece.