Liberal Nationalism | Class 10- History | Ch- 1 | Nationalism in Europe | Liberal Nationalism
In Europe, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, ideas related to national unity were closely associated with liberalism.
The word liberalism is based on the Latin root liber, meaning "free."
For the new middle classes, liberalism meant
individual freedom and
equality before the law.
Politically, liberalism emphasized a government based on consent.