Italian Unification
Garibaldi was the \\\"hero of two worlds\\\" as a revolutionary in both South America and his native Italy.
Mazzini, an intellectual. Cavour, a statesman. Garibaldi, a fighter. Together, they formed the soul, the brain, and the brawn of the Risorgimento, historians\\\' term for the movement for Italian unity. The Italian Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries had demonstrated Italians\\\' artistic, literary, and scientific genius. The revolutions of 1848 illustrated the emotional power of Italian nationalism. By February 1849, however, Austrian and French forces had crushed the romantic nationalists, leaving Italy again divided into four parts:
• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the south, ruled by the French
• the Papal States in the middle, governed by the Pope
• the states of northern Italy, controlled by Austrian forces
Courtesy of Robert Moss
Italy was divided into four separate parts until the entire country was......
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