The Making Of Nationalism In Europe Flashcards
Whose rulers had their autonomous territories?
What we know today as Germany Italy and Switzerland were divided into kingdoms, duchies and cantons whose rulers had their autonomous territories.
What is meant by autonomous
Having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs
Which part of Europe was under autocratic monarchies? Did they see them selves as sharing collective identity? If not, they why?
Eastern and central Europe were under autocratic monarchies and there lived diverse people. They did not see themselves as sharing collective identity or a common culture, because they often spoke different languages and belonged to different ethnic groups.
What was habsburg empire? What did it include? Where was the aristocracy mainly German speaking?
It ruled over Austria-Hungary and was a patchwork of many different regions and people.
It included the alpine regions- the Tyrol, Austria and the Sudetenland- as well as Bohemia, where the aristocracy was predominantly German speaking
It also included the Italian-speaking provinces of Lombardy and Ventia.
What language did people speak in Hungary and Galicia?
Half of the population spoke Magyar while the other half spoke a variety of dialects. In Galicia, the aristocracy spoke polish.
