Italian Nationalism

Italian Nationalism had both liberal and romantic qualities, but their government mostly followed the ideas of liberal nationalism. One of the key reasons supporting this was Italy's forward steps towards allowing freedom of religion, and separating church and state (Politics and Government in Independent Italy, 3). A liberal country is one in which its citizens are free to worship whatever religion they want, and it is a major difference from romantic nationalism, in which everyone collectively follows the same religion. This major step proves Italy was moving towards liberal nationalism, and this is further exemplified by Italy creating a country-wide constitution and appointing both a lower and upper house to make sure everyone is represented (Politics and Government in Independent Italy, 2). Overall, while Italy did still maintain some elements of romantic nationalism, they made great strides to make their new government as close to liberal nationalism as possible.