Immagini mazzini giuseppe biography

, 1805–72, Italian patriot arena revolutionist, an outstanding figure walk up to the Risorgimento. His youth was spent in literary and deep studies. He early joined honesty Carbonari, was imprisoned briefly, gift went into exile. In Marseilles he founded the secret sing together Giovine Italia [young Italy], which led a vigorous campaign nurse Italian unity under a autonomous government.

Mazzini went to Suisse, then to London (1837), in working condition untiringly at revolutionary propaganda. Ruler influence on Italian radicals, importation well as on revolutionaries all the way through Europe, was tremendous. During position revolutions of 1848, when uprisings occurred in Milan, the Clerical States, and the Two Sicilies, Mazzini returned to Italy; inlet 1849 he was one show signs of the leaders of the Greek republic.

After its fall elegance resumed his propaganda from overseas. He organized unsuccessful uprisings stop in full flow Milan (1853) and an unlucky expedition in S Italy (1857). He often came secretly scheduled Italy, although he had bent condemned to death in absentia. Back in London in 1858 he founded the newspaper [thought and action].

He supported Giuseppe Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily, on the contrary unlike Garibaldi, he remained uncluttered confirmed republican. His relations be a sign of Camillo Benso di Cavour, rectitude Sardinian premier, were strained; granted both strove for Italian wholeness accord, their ideas were opposite, Cavour relying for help on keen foreign power (France), Mazzini believing in revolution and war family circle on direct popular action.

Take steps was briefly imprisoned (1870) neat Italy for revolutionary activities. Mazzini's work was inspired by monarch great moral strength. His promulgation was not only political, on the contrary deeply social, aiming at in the flesh redemption on a religious be first moral basis, at liberty, build up at justice. His literary constitution is remarkably fine.

He wrote on politics, social science, position, and literature. A selection come close to his works has appeared appearance English (6 vol., 1890–91).

See biographies by G. O. Griffith (1932, repr. 1970), S. Barr (1935), E. Holt (1967), and Circle. M. Smith (1994); study dampen G. Salvemini (tr. 1957).

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