Key Figures: Mazzini Flashcards
What was the organisation that Mazzini started?
Young Italy
By 1833 how many members did young Italy have?
more than 50 000
When did Mazzini join the Carbinari?
1827
Under what age were all those in Young Italy?
40
When did Young Italy attempt to invade Savoy?
1834
Where was one of Young Italy’s failed revolts?
Genoa
What was Mazzini’s political ideology?
Republican
In total, how long was he absent from Italy for?
40 years
In which two years did his revolts fail?
1821 and 1831
What was the impact of Mazzini’s propaganda?
Made the topic of unity talked about and gave it huge impetus.
Which committed Nationalist and Republican did he convert to the cause of unity?
Garibaldi
What areas did not concern Mazzini, leading to the movement becoming elitist.
Poverty, land redistribution and social policy.
Who did Mazzini think should lead the revolution, but failed to convert to the cause?
‘La Plebe’
How did Mazzini become politically alienated?
Moderates looked on him as too radical, and radicals looked on him as too liberal.
What did he accept may be necessary in order to aid the cause of unity?
consitutional monarchy
What are the three main alternatives to Mazziniian republicanism by 1848?
1) Gioberti’s NeoGuelphism
2) Cesare Balbo’s Piedmontese led unity
3) Massimo d’Azeglio
What did Massimo d’Azeglio propound?
That the ruling classes should lead the revolution, not the peasants as Mazzini argued.