Stable government and lack of corruption probably did apply to Northern Italy. Yes, Italy as a whole was not unified, but there were local governments, and these local governments in the North of the country were probably functional for the time. To this day, Northern Italy is much less corrupt than Southern Italy, and produces a very re…
Stable government and lack of corruption probably did apply to Northern Italy. Yes, Italy as a whole was not unified, but there were local governments, and these local governments in the North of the country were probably functional for the time. To this day, Northern Italy is much less corrupt than Southern Italy, and produces a very respectable amount of elite science, especially considering the Italian brain drain.
Stable government and lack of corruption probably did apply to Northern Italy. Yes, Italy as a whole was not unified, but there were local governments, and these local governments in the North of the country were probably functional for the time. To this day, Northern Italy is much less corrupt than Southern Italy, and produces a very respectable amount of elite science, especially considering the Italian brain drain.