Italian Unification - Part 1: The Risorgimento | Background History

Ever since the fall of Rome, Italy had been more or less disunited for centuries. But could this be changed? Can the 19th century Italians break free from the system layed out by the Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich? Find out in this thrilling brand new Background History video!
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MUSIC AND SOUND CREDITS

Title card and chapter music by Matthijs Rooks, check him out!

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SOURCES

⮞ Books:
• Davis, A. ed., Italy in the Nineteenth Century (New York, 2000)
• Nieuwenhuis, W., De Vuist van Piemonte: De geschiedenis van de eenwording van Italië (Amsterdam, 2014)
• Palmer, R.R., J. Colton & L. Kramer, A History of Europe in the Modern World (New York, 2014)
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• The base map is based on OpenStreetMap:

• Various snapshots from Italian history based on:

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• Italy in the 19th century:

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00:00 Intro
00:35 Background
03:17 Age of Restoration
07:27 How to Italy?
11:17 Springtime of Nations

[BackgroundHistory]

Goeiedei freonen, you might be wondering 'Hey Italy isn't Fryslân, I thought you made video's about Frisian history?' Well don't fret my brother, next video will continue our dive into Frisian history. In the meantime enjoy this new two-parter on the Unification of Italy!

Edit: Just as an fyi, in the video I am talking about republicanism. I am referring here to the political ideology of desiring an end of monarchy and introduction of a republic. And I'm not referring to the American political party.

[ewoudvanaalst]

I did not think I needed a Pinky and The Brain reference in a video about the unifiication of Italy. But I got it, and I am happy.

[elisevanbeethoven]

Really awesome video! Surprised you don't have more subscribers!

[wilcolindeboom]

Something different as usual but still leggendario!

[gmalcolms]

how could you talk about the revolutions of 1848 without mentioning the very first one that year, in Sicily, which succeeded in creating an independent Sicilian republic for a year?