Nationalism In The 19th Century: The Gratification Of Italy

Nationalism is a form of inclusion that promotes human gratification among individuals in a nation sharing a common political, social and, economic system. The decades after the 1870 brought rapid change to the structure and ideas of European politics, European domestic policies had a new framework---the nation state. The emergence of nationalism in the 19th century brought the proclamation of socialism, innovative political parties expressive of a broad spectrum of interest and, The demise of religion in governmental sectors. the triumph of nationalism remade territorial boundaries and forged new relations between the nation-state and its citizens. the new generation of nationalists rejoiced in the strength of their unity and, the nation-state

The unification of Italy meant the assimilation of politically divided but, culturally similar lands. Before 1850, Italy had never been united, the Italian peninsula was divided in the middle ages into competing city states where the Spanish bourbon family ruled over the two sicilies and, the pope controlled the papal states. however, between 1815 and 1848 the anticipation of a unified Italian nation captured the imaginations of many Italians. The Italian unification happened after their various conflicts with Austria and, France from 1859 to 1870. A major turning point in the war happened on May 1860 when a small army of Italian nationalist captured Sicily and, took complete control of southern Italy where the people united to vote with the north. The fundamental change in Italy political system came forth on march 1861 when parliament of all Italy except Rome and, Venetia agreed on unifying Italy with victor Emmanuel as its first king and, although Rome wasn’t apart of Italy’s new profound kingdom, it was declared its capital. The new Italian constitution combined a strong monarchy with a fair degree of civil liberties and parliamentary

Mazzini is best known for his reform work “duties towards your country” in which he urges for an end towards foreign rule and, the unification of Italy based on the common language, culture and, the will of the people. Other prominent leaders in the fight for Italian unification was Cavour who at the time was the prime minister of the kingdom of piedmont Sardinia where he used diplomacy and, alliances to increase piedmont Sardinia power and, Giuseppe garibaldi who was the leader of the Italian nationalist group that helped gain control over Sicily in