How accurate is it to say that Mazzini’s ideas had a limited political and social impact on progress towards unity by 1849? Flashcards
how do you address this question?
Accurate and Not accurate
What about young Italy (1831-36) mean that Mazzini’s ideas were limited in their impact on progress towards unity?
it was limited to a narrow political base - middle and upper class liberal intellectual men
Give an example of some of the middle class men who were involved in Young Italy
Badiero Brothers who were shot for attempting a revolt in Calabria
What happened to most o young Italy’s actions?
They ended in failure
What were the two alternatives to Mazziniian ideas?
1) Consitutional monarch under Charles Albert
2) NeoGuelphism
Who founded NeoGuelphism?
Gioberti
Who, a member of the monarchist group the ‘Albertisti’, argued in favour of a consitutional monetary?
Cesare Balbo
What group did Mazzini Alienate?
lower classes: 90% substance peasant farmers Mazzini was too elitist
What does Mazzini’s blatant disregard for the peasants show?
That his ideas were never going to cause social unity, and that no progress had occurred socially.
What was Mazzini not interested in that further isolated the lower classes?
Land reform
When did Mazzini have a failed revolt in Genoa?
1831
Which revolt was the first revolt that garibaldi got involved in?
Genoa 1831
When was the failed Mazziniian uprising in Savoy?
1834
When were the Bandiero Brothers shot by peasants?
1844
form which country did his radical ideas stop him getting support?
France
What fact shows that his radical ideas inhibited the potential for foreign diplomacy
He tried to appease the French by promising to return prisoners in 1849. The french ignored him.
When did a Mazziniian uprising in Piedmont fail?
1833
What happened to the Mazziniian uprising in Piedmont?
Piedmontese army crushed rebels and 2 executed
Whilst many of his actions, such as revolts in Genoa, Savoy and Piedmont, ended in failure, Mazzini did do what for unification?
give huge impetus for the cause and ensured that it remained topical
Young Italy had how many members?
50 000
Young Italy members were all under what?
40
Who did Mazzini convert to the cause of unity?
Garibaldi
When was Mazzini in exile in Switzerland?
between 1834 and 49
What did Mazzini do whilst in exile in Switzerland?
he wrote thousands of articles and letters in, initially, ‘Antalogia’ and later the journal “Young Italy”.
What motto did Mazzini create in Switzerland?
Thought and action
Rather than create changes himself, one of Mazzini’s greatest assets was his ability to do what?
encouraged other to continue and pursue the cause
What two journal did Mazzini write whilst in Switzerland?
Antalogia and Young Italy
Where did Mazzini’s strength lie?
His strength did not lie in himself, but instead in the ability to maintain the cause for others.
What shows that Mazzini was prepared to be pragmatic for the goal of a united Italy?
Mazzini also wrote to Charles Albert, accepting a consitutional monarchy as a step towards republicanism and showing himself to be a true nationalist who put political freedom first
How long did the Roman Republic last for?
100 days
When was the Roman republic established?
February 1849
How was the Roman republic ended?
20 000 french troops in July 1849
Who was in the Roman Triumvirate?
Mazzini, Armellini and Saffi
