HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Giuseppe Mazzini, Anti-Clericalism, Italian Civil War
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Thursday, july 26: nation state on the rise, part i: unification of italy. State on the rise, part ii: unification of germany. Enlightenment stresses national unity and pop sovereignty. Napoleon and the french in italy caused cultural revival prolonged presence irritates. Liberalism mobilizes the masses the italians and causes revival of italian language and culture. Italian romanticism art reps italy in an ideal way as a liberal nation. Revival/ risorgimento: italy is descended from the romans. Gradually the idea of unified italy spreads among the intelligentsia, liberal, and the middle class. Italy is more of a region and culture than a state. Italy has been divided since the ostrogoth so lack state tradition. Regional identities not a unified identity (tuscan, roman, calabrian, lombardian) Haps(cid:271)urgs do (cid:374)ot (cid:449)a(cid:374)t the(cid:373) to u(cid:374)if(cid:455); bour(cid:271)o(cid:374)s do(cid:374)"t either. Only sardinia is not run externally (native italian dyn) (cid:862)ital(cid:455) is (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) geographi(cid:272) e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374)(cid:863)
