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A third Jesus Christ for Italy? Italian Heroes and the Risorgimento.
Whilst doing some reading for this blog – I intend to restart the podcast this summer and complete it as soon as I can, I started thinking about similarities between the Italian politician Bepe Grillo and Garibaldi. Grillo’s wikipedia page … Continue reading
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The Beating of General Haynau
I’m doing a little research for a book chapter on the popularity of Garibaldi during a visit he made to England in 1864. Public opinion in Britain was much more focused on ‘foreign affairs’ than it is today. Many people … Continue reading
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The languages of Italy.
I’m researching a page or two of the forthcoming (very forthcoming) textbook, and came across a couple of really interesting bits and bobs. The first is this article about the Arbereshe Albanian minority in Italy, which reminded me of this … Continue reading