How did nationalism affect Italy in the 1800s?
Also know, how was Italy affected by nationalism?
The Revolutions of 1848 resulted in a major development of the Italian nationalist movement. The Risorgimento was an ideological movement that helped incite the feelings of brotherhood and nationalism in the imagined Italian community, which called for the unification of Italy and the pushing out of foreign powers.
Keeping this in consideration, how did literature help the nationalist movement in Italy?
Young Italy, Italian Giovine Italia, movement founded by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1831 to work for a united, republican Italian nation. Attracting many Italians to the cause of independence, it played an important role in the Risorgimento (struggle for Italian unification).
Causes of unification: Nationalism. As in Germany, the dream of national unity in Italy came to life in the aftermath of Napoleon's invasions. Giuseppe Mazzini spurred the movement by founding Young Italy, a secret society aimed at creating a free, independent and unified republican nation.