A world where Rome and France are DOMINANT!?!
The Universe will implode.
It certainly sped things up quite a bit, but with the way European philosophical & political thought was going nationalism was a certainty. might be a bit later and not as strong as OTL though. German unification remains very likely to occur. How and when is the biggest question.Hey wait, AFAIK the main cause of the emergence of German nationalism is the Napoleon's conquest of Holy Roman Empire?
Or am I wrong?
Who said anything about Rome? The original post was about the Holy Roman Empire.
If I recall correctly, the late 18th Century (where I presume the POD is) Holy Roman Empire has (more or less) the same borders as the OTL post-Napoleon German Confederation plus modern Belgium.
So some form of German nationalism emerging is reasonable. Prussia and Austria will still appear to be the dominant states, and some form of clash is likely given their history and ambitions. At the same time, Prussia has a much larger Polish population than it did later in the 1800s in OTL, so they may cause some kind of problem.
Sadly, my knowledge runs out about there. It was a very vague, likely somewhat mis-informed post, but I'll stand by it for the moment. I'm sure Susano will show up shortly and set everybody straight.![]()
IIRC, not just German. The French invasion(s) sparked nationalism in a lot of countries, & IMO sparked it elsewhere, too. I've half-suspected there would have been far less passion for revolution, & far less of a reaction to change, without France screwing around. Which isn't to say the French & American Revolutions didn't create a lot of tensions on their own.Hey wait, AFAIK the main cause of the emergence of German nationalism is the Napoleon's conquest of Holy Roman Empire?
Or am I wrong?