Italy under French Rule 1796-1815
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- Italy Under French Rule 1796-1815
- Church
- Loss of power and two Popes were even imprisoned in France
- 1809 - end of temporal power: Papal States governed by the Fench
- Pope remained spiritual head of the Church
- The French had shut down almost all monasteries by 1814
- Church Land sold of to wealthy families
- Conscription
- Conscripted into French army
- 27,000 men accompanied Napoleon to Russia and only 1000 returned
- Conscription taxes were largely resented
- 60% of tax revenue funded military expenditure, even during peacetime
- Many learnt about nationalism and common goals from french as well as French ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
- Set up
- 20 million lived on the peninsula so life was different for differnet people
- Napoleon Crowned himself King of Italy and divided it into 3 parts
- 1/3 - France: Piedmont, Central Duchies, Papal States,
- 1/3 - Kingdom of Italy: Lombardy, Modena, Bologna, Romagna and Ferrara
- 1/3 - Kingdom of Naples: belonged to Britian, didn't contain Sicily
- Kingdom of Sicily was also formed
- Wealthy
- Unclear whether they suffered or not
- Some benefitted from the ale of Church land
- Peasants
- Life didn't really change
- Made up 80-90% of the population
- Ignored before and ignored after
- Average age of marriage was very young: 19, given dowry gifts. In sardinia, women had to hand make their dowry gifts, head of the family must remain a batchelor.
- Poor living conditions
- Many grew and eat maize which caused pellagra, 95,000 died from this in one year in Venetia
- Many left farms and became bandits
- Young women moved to towns where they found, cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis and other diseases from over crowding and poor water hygeine.
- Many women had to abandon babies at foundling hospitals in which there were high death rates.
- Urban Groups
- Substantial benefits
- Professional men/families did well e.g. Doctors, Lawyers
- Tradesmen, artians and craftsman benefitted from improved financial and business standards
- Removal of Trade barries, external customs barriers simplified
- New and better roads build/transport improved
- Reorganised tax collection
- Code Napoleon: Increased industry, vaccination against small pox, street lighting, 2 chamber gov. in each state, liberty, equality, fraternity
- Church
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