well, as the quest dictates me to write something about General culture, i shall do so with great diligence.
the greek, italian and french cultures are amongst the highest and most sophisticated in all of europe, with greece being the first and olderst, of the group, italy being the second, who got inspired by the greek culture/arts/gods/style/warfare, and as such formed a more refined version of the italian state, which started as the roman democracy, and later changed as the more aggressive roman empire, with the pax romana.
and france? france, despite its barbaric beginnings as gauls in galatia, they later evolved to be one of the most refined, cultured and sophisticated kingdoms of medieval europe, so there you have it.

i shall add more later, but the quest cannot wait.