Nationalism and Liberalism during Italian unification 1815-1861

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  • Evolution of Nationalism and Liberalism in Italy, 1800-1860
    • Post Vienna Settlement, 1815
      • Italy returned to 18th century state -- states
        • Progressive Rulers
          • In Tuscany, Ferd III imporved edutcation esp for women, and refused entry of Jesuits
          • Duchess Marie Louise of Parma replaced Code Napoléon w smth similar
        • Reactionary Rulers
          • Piedmont, VE - removed Code Napo, old custom barriers reinstalled, old anti-Semitic laws reintroduced
          • Naples, Ferd I - cancelled sicilian const. and ruled with cruel oppression.
          • Papal states brought back the Inquisition, and abolished Napo code while maintaining heavy censorship
    • Italian revolutions in the 30s - aim is to GRANT A CONSTITUTION
      • Modena and Parma
        • Duke Francis IV betrayed revolutionaries when he didn't grant the promised const, and called on Austrians to defeat the revolutioanaries
      • Papal states
        • Uprisings of middle class profs and students crushed by Austrian army.
    • Italian revolutions in the 20s
      • Naples and Sicily -- sicilians declared independence from Naples
        • Austrians controlled sicily by abolishing trade guilds of revolutionaries
    • 1848/49 Revolutions
      • Austria helped crush revolutions in LV, Piedmont, Central Duchies,
      • France helped bring down the Roman Republic
        • Ironic because liberals were based off French priciples of freedom and were crushed
      • Only thing that survived was the Statuto granted by CA in 1848 in Piedmont
    • 1850s
      • Piedmont
        • Flourished with liberal characteristics due to Massimo d'Azeglio and Cavour
          • Massimo d'Azeglio
            • Siccardi laws which limited the powers of the Church through abolishing ecclesiastical courts
          • Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
            • Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, Navy 1850
              • Free trade agreements with France and britain
              • Imported fertilizer and modernized agriculture
            • anti-clerical poliicies
              • civil marriage bill
              • shut down richest monasteries
      • Papal States
    • Plombières Meeting
      • Agreed on Austrial expulsion and Italian Unification of Northern States
    • Garibaldi and the Thousand
      • Won the Neapolitan areas for VE II -- sicilians supported him as they watned indepence from gov officials
    • Plebiscites
      • Naples and Sicily had nearly 100% to unite with Piedmont

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