Italy Mock ‘48 Flashcards
When and what was the popes allocation?
April 1848
War with Austria doesn’t have his blessing
CA is the aggressor
Undermined the attempt to break free from Austria
1848 war debt
65 mill francs
Mazzinis failures in the 1848 revolutions
Ideas too intellectual
Used complex language
Limited appeal
Seen as dangerous by liberals
Rich dislike as he wanted wealth distribution
He was all romantic in the early 40s but not practical
Mazzini quote
Fatally wounded
By the failure of republicanism in 1848 cus it’s no longer a serious prospect
CAs abdication
After Novara- march ‘49
His legacy was short term disaster
Showed they needed outside help
Austrias power after ‘48 revolutions
Tighter Venetian control
Constitutions in most states suppressed
Revolutionary spirit crushed
Sicily after ‘48 revolutions
Neapolitan rule re established
2 kingdoms forcefully reunited
One tangible Italian result of ‘48 revolutions
Statuto
Gave individual liberties and had free ish press
The pope after the ‘48 revolutions
Excommunicated anyone who tried to reduce his temporal power
Denounced all his earlier reforms
Supported by 20k French troops
Piedmont after the ‘48 revolutions
VEII
Statuto remained but shouldn’t be exaggerated
Nationalists turned from Pius to VE
Political refugees
Limitation of statuto
Upper chamber appointed by VE
Lower chamber represents 2.25% popu
How many political refugees in Piedmont
30k in Turin and Genoa in 1850s
Why wasn’t nationalist hope in VE justified
His mother and wife were members of an Austrian imperial family
Factors for outcomes of ‘48 revolutions
Switch from promoting mazzinism and Neo guelphism to VE and constitutional monarchy
Stricter Austrian control
More liberal Piedmont
Stricter pope
Outcomes of ‘48 conclusion
Neg impact on peninsulas efforts in short term
Pos long term since it set up Piedmont to spearhead the revolution
