A History of Italy, 1700-1860: The Social Constraints of Political ChangeItalian society has, over the centuries, offered a microcosm of western European society in its cultural, political and economic experiences. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Italy's social structure and the changes wrought within it had major implications for the political development within the Italian states, and Professor Woolf studies this interaction within the context within western Europe.--Cover. |
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Page 163
... French Republic . Negotiations with Turin in the previous months had broken down because of the French refusal to give up Nice and Savoy . By spring 1796 , like the Directory , the coalition powers were ready to fight once more , rather ...
... French Republic . Negotiations with Turin in the previous months had broken down because of the French refusal to give up Nice and Savoy . By spring 1796 , like the Directory , the coalition powers were ready to fight once more , rather ...
Page 174
... French generals - Brune , Joubert and Championnet . They had been defeated by the moderates because of French ( and Napoleon's ) support for the latter . Equally , they had failed to gain widespread popular support because of French ...
... French generals - Brune , Joubert and Championnet . They had been defeated by the moderates because of French ( and Napoleon's ) support for the latter . Equally , they had failed to gain widespread popular support because of French ...
Page 181
... French army . His defeat by Suvorov at the Trebbia ( 17–19 May ) led to the collapse of French control of Piedmont and the occupation of Turin on 26 May . Naples fell before the combined attack of Ruffo's army and the lazzaroni on June ...
... French army . His defeat by Suvorov at the Trebbia ( 17–19 May ) led to the collapse of French control of Piedmont and the occupation of Turin on 26 May . Naples fell before the combined attack of Ruffo's army and the lazzaroni on June ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
THE REEMERGENCE OF ITALY 170060 | 27 |
The social physiognomy of the Italian states | 43 |
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