Poltical Geography 1830

Question 1

Piedmont

Answer 1

• ruled by the house of savoy
• strong army and effective civil service
• 1814 victor Emmanuel retuned - absolutist state
• the napoleonic code was repealed aswell as the right to free open trials
• now laws passed between 1800-14 were recognised and the church was restored
• treaty of Vienna - port and state of Genoa was granted to the house of savoy

Question 2

Lombardy

Answer 2

• ruled by Austrian officials but were given a fair degree of freedom
• the capital Milan was the second largest city in the Austrian empire
• economically and culturally advanced

Question 3

Papal States

Answer 3

• ruled by the head of the Catholic Church - also had temporal power
• but relied on Catholic counties to protect them if required
• jesuits acted to promote Catholicism whenever it was under threat
• backward and economically poor

Question 4

The central duchies

Answer 4

• tuscany, moderne and Parma
• Parma and moderne were separated by the appenine mountains
• under Austrian influence - Ferdinand III became the ruler of Tuscany : improved education, set up hospitals and sorted food relief during an outbreak of typhus 1815-16

Question 5

The Kingdom of Naples

Answer 5

• Sicily and the southern part of Italy
• ruled by the bourbon family
• poorest region -living in poverty
• the absolutist kings of Naples removed all feudal rights