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HISTORY
Subject
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History
Paper No.
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Paper-VI
History of Modern Europe
Unit No. & Title
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Unit-1
Europe between 1780 & 1871
Lecture No. & Title
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Lecture-27
The Unification of Italy:
The Risorgimento
(For under graduate student)
GLOSSARY
Risorgimento Movement (1815)
The period of, and the movement for the political
unification and independence of Italy.
Cesaro Balbo (1789-1853)
Italian writer and statesman; served in various capacities
in Italy under the Napoleonic regime; devoted to the
House of Savoy.
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Vincenzo Gioberti (1801-1852)
Italian philosopher, publicist and politician; believed in the
idea of the supremacy of Italy founded on the leadership
of the Pope.
Code Napoleon
French civil code established under Napoleon that allowed
for freedom of religion and emphasized equality of rights
in all spheres for everyone.
Marquis d’Azeglio (1798-1866)
Italian statesman, novelist and painter; pointed out the
evils of foreign domination in Italy; desired to awaken
national feeling in Italy.
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805 – 1872)
Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification
of Italy; founder of ‘Young Italy’; father of Italian
nationalism.
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Artichoke policy
The policy of peeling off the different states of Italy, like
the layers of an artichoke, under the leadership of Sardinia
to unify the whole of Italy.
Liberalism
The philosophy that advocates the belief in the importance
of liberty equal rights and constitutional governments.
Charles Albert (1798 – 1849)
Belonged to the House of Savoy; was regent of PiedmontSardinia from 1831 to 1849.
Carbonari
A secret society of Italy that organized revolutions
between 1820s and 30s.