Have you ever wondered which country was better equipped to politically survive the middle ages, between England and Italy? These two countries saw the heighth of their society, the struggles due to catastophie, one remained centralized the other decentralized, and the many legacies brought fourth to help shape, not only their society, but also the western world.
England and Italy each had a different structure of government. England used a type of system known as a “nation-state” which is” a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government.” (Merriam-webster) England was ran as a feudalist type of government. This type of government …show more content…
Once Italy did find away to break away from the Holy Roman Empire, Italy began preporations for a new lif and how its people were to be governed. This type of goverence was called City-States. City-States is “a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it.” (Merriam-Webster) A city-state is able to make up its own rule, raise its own army, and decide on the amount of taxes. Since city-states were self-governed, they either joined together or fought one another. However during the 13th-15th centrury, a council was formed between all city-states During the late middle ages, some Italys city-states were Venice, Genoa, Florence, Siena, and Lucca. These city-states adopted the republican form of government like the
Even those these two countries share many political differences, England and Italy faced many of the same hardships. During the years of 1348 to 1350, both Italy and England and a large amount of Europe was hit with a major catastophy, the Black Death. “Thirty-five years later, Benedictow, a historical demographer, presented a gross European population of around 80,000,000, and a death toll of about 60 percent overall in Europe, which is a total of about 48,000,000 dead”. (Byrne, Joseph. Encyclopedia of the Black …show more content…
For example, England brought about new taxation expirements which help create the poll tax. These taxations was upstetting to many of the English people which would then led to the Peasents Revolt.
One thing Italy brought after the plague was their banking. Their banking was made famous by the Medici family in 1397. Their banking methods and rules were mostly based off of doctrine. In fact, Raymond De Roover state that, “Medieval banking cannot be understood without keeping in mind the usury doctrine of the Church.” A lot of these methods not only helped rebuild their once devastated country but also help shape how western civilization conducted their banking.
These two countries saw the heighth of their society, the struggles due to catastophie, one remained centralized the other decentralized, and the many legacies brought fourth to help shape, not only their society, but also the western world. However different these two countries are and the legacies they brought, England prevailed better politicaly suited to survive catastrophies and war during the late middle ages, and still remained a strong
England and Italy each had a different structure of government. England used a type of system known as a “nation-state” which is” a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government.” (Merriam-webster) England was ran as a feudalist type of government. This type of government …show more content…
Once Italy did find away to break away from the Holy Roman Empire, Italy began preporations for a new lif and how its people were to be governed. This type of goverence was called City-States. City-States is “a state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it.” (Merriam-Webster) A city-state is able to make up its own rule, raise its own army, and decide on the amount of taxes. Since city-states were self-governed, they either joined together or fought one another. However during the 13th-15th centrury, a council was formed between all city-states During the late middle ages, some Italys city-states were Venice, Genoa, Florence, Siena, and Lucca. These city-states adopted the republican form of government like the
Even those these two countries share many political differences, England and Italy faced many of the same hardships. During the years of 1348 to 1350, both Italy and England and a large amount of Europe was hit with a major catastophy, the Black Death. “Thirty-five years later, Benedictow, a historical demographer, presented a gross European population of around 80,000,000, and a death toll of about 60 percent overall in Europe, which is a total of about 48,000,000 dead”. (Byrne, Joseph. Encyclopedia of the Black …show more content…
For example, England brought about new taxation expirements which help create the poll tax. These taxations was upstetting to many of the English people which would then led to the Peasents Revolt.
One thing Italy brought after the plague was their banking. Their banking was made famous by the Medici family in 1397. Their banking methods and rules were mostly based off of doctrine. In fact, Raymond De Roover state that, “Medieval banking cannot be understood without keeping in mind the usury doctrine of the Church.” A lot of these methods not only helped rebuild their once devastated country but also help shape how western civilization conducted their banking.
These two countries saw the heighth of their society, the struggles due to catastophie, one remained centralized the other decentralized, and the many legacies brought fourth to help shape, not only their society, but also the western world. However different these two countries are and the legacies they brought, England prevailed better politicaly suited to survive catastrophies and war during the late middle ages, and still remained a strong