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“His contribution to the cause of Italian unification was negligible.” How valid is this assessment of Mazzini.
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Michaeljohn Kalakoutis IB History HL Mr. Hengstler December 11, 2005 "His contribution to the cause of Italian unification was negligible." How valid is this assessment of Mazzini. Giuseppe Mazzini, the founder of the revolutionary party, "Young Italy" during the build up to the Italian unification, is regarded through different perspectives. Mazzini is considered by some historians to be an idealistic, intellectual man, but by many Italian historians as "nothing by a terrorist" (page 18). These two antithetic opinions on Mazzini, define whether his contribution to the cause of Italian unification was in fact negligible or not. Mazzini was an intellectual man, whose political opinions were of much controversy and whose actions raise question marks over his motives and his significance in the unification of Italy. Giuseppe Mazzini's contrasting opinions on important matters such as the Monarchy, the Catholic Church and Christianity and the People greatly affected his influence and popularity in Italy, as well...
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