HIST209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ems Dispatch, Otto Von Bismarck, Authoritarianism
HIST209 Lecture Notes Monday 9th April 2018
Blood appeas to e a speial elii: Liealis, Natioalis ad Natio Buildig i Euope,
1848-1871
Introduction
- Uifiatio though lieal auspies: the ase of Ital Risorgimento
- Revival of Italian identity
- Unification through conservative and nationalist auspices: the case of Germany
- The unification of Italy was founded in liberal ideals: a united but progressive Italy
- The unification of Germany was forced. Led by Prussian might and ideals of how the
nation should look
o Pussia had a eputatio of poe politis
Unification of Italy: Mazzini
- Much of the drive of the unification of Italy came from Piedmont
- Over time, many of the Italian States allied themselves with the ideals of Piedmont
- Unification of Italy spearheaded by Giuseppe Mazzini, Count Camillo di Cavour, and
Giuseppe Garibaldi
o All from Piedmont
o All Liberal
o Mazzini: revolutionary active
- Mazzii: eolutioa ad foude i of Youg Ital oeet
o A mission to depose the monarchs of the Italian states and institute republics
o Would it be united under a single king?
o Would they use a constitutional monarchy?
o Would they become a republic?
- Mazzini believed successful revolution must come from below, but in 1848 this
failed; agitated from exile for federal republic
o Attempting to create a place where people feel they belong to something
worthwhile in a time of change and that people have an attachment to.
Unification of Italy: Cavour
- Cavour, Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, a practitioner of Realpolitik
o Realpolitik: pusuit of a atios self-interest based on realistic assessment
of the osts ad oseuees of atio
o Cavour made negotiations with surrounding other Italian states
- Modernisation of Kingdom of Piedmont
o Cavour responsible for modernising economy, agriculture through agrarian
technique reforms and the government introduced and improved
technologies
- Alliance between Piedmont and France
o Cavour was a diplomate and key at making alliances
o Diplomatic ties with France was very important in future wars
- 1859: war between Piedmont and Austria
o Backed by French forces – remained in Italy for some years after
o Confined Austrians to Venetia
- Unification of the northern states of Italy
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