Question

Describe the role of culture in shaping the feelings of nationalism in europe from 1830 to the end of 19th century

Answer 1

During the middle of the 19th century, Italy was divided into seven states, ofwhich only Sardinia-Piedmont was ruled by Italian princely house.*.Mazzini, a great revolutionary leader of Italy, inspired the youth with the ideas of establishing a single unified Italy. He set up secret societies like Young Italy in Marseilles and Young Europe in Berne with like-minded young men from Poland, France, Italy and German states.
*.Mazzini prepared the ground for Cavour tocomplete the process of unification.
*.After a series of failures of Mazzini, King Victor Emmanuel II took to unifying Italy through wars.
*.Cavour, the Chief Minister, through his tactful diplomatic alliance with France, defeated Austrian forces in 1859.
*.Under the leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi, armed volunteers marched into South Italy in 1860 along with the Kingdom of two Sicilies and won the support of local peasants and drove the Spanish away, thus unifying Italy in 1861. Victor Emmanuel II was made the King of united Italy.

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