risorgimento
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The unification, also known as the Risorgimento, thus occurred under a monarchical system of government.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Is she the love poet famous for “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”? The chronicler of the Italian Risorgimento for staid British readers?
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021
Despite Manzoni’s misgivings, “The Leopard” manages to strike an ineffable balance between the events of the Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement, and the imagined inner life of the novel’s protagonist, who was Lampedusa’s great-grandfather.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019
They explode a few myths, such as the one about Verdi's music being at the centre of the Risorgimento – this one comes from Mussolini's propaganda, apparently.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2012
He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
