History Today, September 1st, 1995
The most noteworthy event in the political unification of Switzerland was the Feb 1948 Bern constitution, but the cultural unification of the linguistically diverse nation evolved more gradually. Four phases of unification are described: religious, economic, legal, and cultural.
The unification of Switzerland, or Helvetia, in the nineteenth century, like the unification of western Europe in the twentieth century, was a long and complex process. The contentious issues at stake were sovereignty, religious toleration, a single market, a common currency and a united army. The slow integration too...
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