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Of all the individuals involved in the unification of Italy, none played a more important role than Giuseppe Mazzini - Justify this comment and vanquish its detractors.
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Robinson Wollersheim 16/03/03 AS-History Essay Word Count: 1107 Of all the individuals involved in the unification of Italy, none played a more important role than Giuseppe Mazzini. Justify this comment and vanquish its detractors. The obstacle to the unification of Italy lay in the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Italy was restored to the Ancient Régime and was divided into five duchies and Kingdoms. Two wealthy parts, Lombardy and Venetia, were placed under Austrian rule and thus imposed a threat towards unification. The entire process of Italian unification was a tragic-comic military blundering, political instability and repression, and at times Civil War. It was stamped by inconveniences. However, it was finally united with the annexation of Venetia. Geographically, Piedmont played a major role in the unification. The movement which Italians call the Risorgimento, which means resurgence or rebirth, lead to the formation of a united Italy. Giuseppe Mazzini was the most prominent figure...
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