Why Did a Unified Italian State Fail to Develop in the Fifteenth

question 73

Multiple Choice

Why did a unified Italian state fail to develop in the fifteenth century?

• A)Political loyalty and feeling centered on a passionate attachment to the individual city-state.
• B)The papacy prevented any movement toward unification, fearing a threat to its political authority.
• C)France and the Holy Roman Empire had too many land claims in the region to permit any unification.
• D)Italians were too culturally and linguistically diverse to realistically contemplate unification.