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  • William Tyler
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 1 min read

Synopsis for JW3 morning zoom class, Thurs 11 Feb

Italy: A Love-in with Garibaldi - Anglo-Italian relations 1815-1919


1 Napoleon shuffles the pack

2 Italy made Napoleon, and Napoleon made Italy

3 RISORGIMENTO (up to 1860)

4 Garibaldi, a Victorian Celebrity

5 Completion of Italian Unification, 1871

6 Italy's hesitancy over First World War

7 Italian-Austro-Hungarian conflict in the mountains 1915-18

8 Italian strop at Versailles and Italian gains

9 Postscript Italian immigration to Britain




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