Describe the ideology of liberalism during early 19th century?
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As an ideology and in practice liberalism became the preeminent reform movement in Europe during the 19th century. Its fortunes, however, varied with the historical conditions in each country—the strength of the crown, the élan of the aristocracy, the pace of industrialization, and the circumstances of national unification. The national character of a liberal movement could even be affected by religion. Liberalism in Roman Catholic countries such as France, Italy, and Spain, for example, tended to acquire anticlerical overtones, and liberals in those countries tended to favour legislation restricting the civil authority and political power of the Catholic clergy
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Liberalism in the early 19th century stood for freedom for the individual and equality to all before law for the new middle classes.
Important points are as follows
- It means freedom of equality before law.
- It included end of aristocracy and clerical privileges.
- It meant representative government through Parliament.
- In the economical sphere, it included freedom of markets and end of restrictions on goods