Barriers (culture)

Question 1

Literature: What challenged unity?

Answer 1

Lower classes could not access, illiteracy rate 1871 2/3, audience small, small impact

Question 2

Literature: What was common written lang? Popularised by what?

Answer 2

Tuscan Italian, ‘The Betrothed’- by Massoni was widely read in 1840s

Question 3

Literature: What did Denina write? Importance?

Answer 3

‘The revolutions of Italy@, spoke of Italy as a whole, not just Venetia/ piedmont.

Question 4

Music: When and what was Verdi’s famous opera, importance?

Answer 4

1842, ‘The Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves’, showed parallel between oppression of Israelities and italians. Angry outbursts of Italians toward Austrian officers.

Question 5

Music: Why was it’s appeal limited?

Answer 5

Showed cultural expression of Milanese middle class not typical view of most Italians

Question 6

Linguistics: What was used in congresses?

Answer 6

Tuscan Italian, was recognised language of educated classes.

Question 7

Linguistics: What did provinces have? Statistics of those who spoke modern Italian?

Answer 7

Different dialects. 1871 630,000/ 27 million spoke tuscan Italian.

Question 8

Revolutionary ideas: What congress celebrated victory of Italian arms over Austria?

Answer 8

Congresso in Genoa 1846.

Question 9

Rev. ideas: What was strengthened due to French Rev.? What + who was inspired?

Answer 9

Ideas of liberty. French Jacobins spoke of justice + liberty, inspiring Italian jacobins to plot to overthrow the gov (Naples + Turin 1794)

Question 10

Rev. ideas: What did people with these ideas not do?

Answer 10

They did not make significant change