1. The Early Unification of Italy
... Italy), to be not only a regional body, but also national, an integrating and initiating force. Its first test came in the "Sergeant' Conspiracy" of 1833 in Piedmont. Charles Albert reacted with excessive severity. Mazzini and Garibaldi were condemned to death in 1834. Meanwhile, almost every year, insurrections occurred somewhere. Their inspiration, though not always their direction, came from Mazzini ... , Mazzini replied: "only thus, could you rouse the people, and without the Italian nation generated a very powerful force with which the royalists were driven to compete." Charles Alber...
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