Young Italy

Young Italy
La Giovine Italia
PresidentGiuseppe Mazzini
FoundedJuly 1831 (1831-07)
Dissolved5 May 1848 (1848-05-05)
Succeeded byItalian National Association
IdeologyItalian nationalism
Republicanism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationYoung Europe
SloganUnione, forza e libertà
(Union, Strength and Liberty)

Young Italy (Italian: La Giovine Italia, pronounced [la ˈdʒoːvine iˈtaːlja]) was an Italian political movement founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini. A few months after leaving Italy, in June 1831, Mazzini wrote a letter to King Charles Albert of Sardinia, in which he asked him to unite Italy and lead the nation. A month later, convinced that his demands did not reach the king, he founded the movement in Marseille. It would then spread out to other nations across Europe.[1] The movement's goal was to create a united Italian republic through promoting a general insurrection in the Italian reactionary states and in the lands occupied by the Austrian Empire. Mazzini's belief was that a popular uprising would create a unified Italy.[2] The slogan that defined the movement's aim was "Union, Strength, and Liberty". The phrase could be found in the tricolor Italian flag, which represented the country's unity.[3]

  1. ^ Fabiani, Ulisse. "La Scuola per i 150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia – I movimenti, i valori, i libri". www.150anni.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ Enrico Dal Lago (2013). William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform. LSU Press. pp. 57–63. ISBN 9780807152072.
  3. ^ "Italy 1848 – italian revolutionary developments". www.age-of-the-sage.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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