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The Pursuit of Italy

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by David Gilmour


  Peucetians 22, 23

  Philip II, King (of Spain) 15, 85, 115

  Philip V, King (of Spain) 117

  Phoenicians 47

  Piacentini, Marcello 310

  Piacenza 46, 73, 75, 132

  Piatti, Giulio 151

  Piave, Francesco 168–9

  Piave, River 18, 288

  Piccolomini family 83–4

  Picenes 22, 42, 46

  Piedmont 19, 38, 70, 133, 148, 213, 238

  Piedmont-Sardinia, Kingdom of, 124, 131–2, 138, 142–4, 147, 154, 158, 182–3, 189, 214, 215n, 231, 241, 243–4, 255

  loses war of 1848–9 159–62, 176

  military traditions of 116, 125–6, 153–4, 228, 263–4

  recovery in 1850s 176–81

  after Restoration 139–40, 156

  and war of 1859 185–7, 190

  and war of 1860 193–4, 197, 222

  Piero della Francesca 86

  Pienza 84

  Pimentel, Eleonora 140

  Pirandello, Luigi 311

  Pisa 18, 27, 30, 74, 75, 78, 98, 263

  siege of 80, 82

  Pisacane, Carlo 192–3

  Pistoia 68, 151, 262, 397

  Pitt, William (the Younger) 214

  Pius II, Pope 83–4

  Pius III, Pope 83–4

  Pius VI, Pope 90

  Pius VII, Pope 131

  Pius IX, Pope 144, 159, 198, 227

  actions in 1848–9 160–62

  rejection of united Italy 253–4

  Pius XI, Pope 340

  Pius XII, Pope 253, 339

  Plombières 183, 187, 190

  Po, River 8–9, 352

  features of 17–18

  Po Valley 19, 44, 60, 125, 154, 189, 272, 300, 388

  invasions of 10, 24, 42, 128–9, 134, 183

  Poland 326, 346

  Polybius 9

  Ponchielli, Amilcare 261

  Ponte, Antonio da 97

  Pontelandolfo 244

  Pontida 369

  Pontine Marshes 8, 19

  Pope-Hennessy, John 84

  Popular Party (popolari) 299–300, 338, 340–41

  Portugal 13, 254, 266, 320

  Posillipo 279

  Potenza 4, 35

  Prague 339

  Prato 21, 67, 72, 74

  Pratolini, Vasco 354

  Previti, Cesare 384

  Prezzolini, Giuseppe, 276–7, 280

  Procacci, Giuliano 59

  Prodi, Romano 376, 378–80, 392

  Protestants (in Italy) 91, 104–5, 125, 138, 188

  Proust, Marcel 201

  Provence 30

  Prussia 112, 137, 172n, 209, 215–16, 221, 227, 255

  war of 1866 206–7, 229

  Publitalia 382

  Puccini, Giacomo 250, 310

  Puzo, Mario 362

  Pyrrhus, King (of Epirus) 41

  Pythagoras 23

  Quadrilateral, fortresses of 187, 230

  Quasimodo, Salvatore 355

  Quirinale Palace 278, 390

  Radetezky, Field Marshal Joseph 159, 162, 168, 170, 219, 225

  Raetia 9

  Ragusa (Dubrovnik) 11

  Ragusa (in Sicily) 87, 358

  RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) 382–3

  Rapallo, Treaty of (1920) 292

  Raphael 85

  Rattazzi, Urbano 204, 208, 257, 268

  Ravenna 14, 55, 97

  as capital city 49–52

  Red Brigades 348, 363

  Reggio in Calabria 29, 87, 195, 368

  Reggio nell’Emilia 73, 75

  Regionalism see under Italy, Republic of

  Renaissance architecture 76, 78, 96–7

  Resistance 331, 333–5, 338, 340–41, 393

  in post–war culture 350–51, 354

  Rhodes 266

  Ricasoli, Bettino 198, 204–5, 211, 225

  leads Tuscany 1859 188–90

  Ridley, Jasper 22

  Ridruejo, Dionisio 354

  Rifondazione Comunista 377

  Riina, Totò 362, 364

  Rimini 75, 350n

  Rio Grande do Sul 218

  Risorgimento 170, 172, 174, 200, 202, 234, 284, 295, 338, 342

  criticism of 2–3, 235–6, 279, 373–4, 392

  fascism and 305, 332

  legends of 207, 258–63, 275

  museums of 186, 206, 259, 295, 374

  and the Resistance, 335

  wars of 159–64, 185–7, 193–201, 206–7, 209, 229–33, 235

  Rivoli (1797) 128

  Robespierre, Maximilien 95, 138

  Robilant, Andrea di 111

  Rodolico, N. 237

  Roger II, King (of Sicily) 61, 62, 88, 242

  Romagna 52, 55, 90, 108, 131, 139, 183, 189–90, 220, 309

  see also Emilia-Romagna

  Roman Empire 52, 54, 70, 282

  emperors of 47–9

  Mussolini’s admiration for 308–10, 321–2

  Romanesque architecture 16, 78, 87

  Romania 21

  Roman Republic (ancient) 23, 76, 77–8

  citizenship 42–3

  expansion of 41–7

  government 40–41

  Roman Republic (1849) 162–4, 170, 269

  Rome 11, 16, 25, 37, 38, 60, 77, 105, 111, 115, 146, 158, 197, 203, 240, 374

  as capital of united Italy 204–5, 224, 252–3, 372

  conquered in 1870 208–9

  fascist ‘march’ on 300–302, 307, 313

  Mussolini in 309–10

  origins of 39–40

  Renaissance in, 88–9

  Second World War in 330

  and Tiber 18

  Rome, Treaty of (1957) 341

  Romeo, Rosario 247

  Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin 289, 329

  Romulus and Remus 16, 39–40, 78, 80, 309

  Romulus Augustulus, Emperor 50

  Roncole 166–7, 169, 272–3, 352

  Rosselli brothers 315

  Rossellini, Roberto 351

  Rossi, Paolo

  criticism of unification 2–3

  Rossini, Gioacchino 150, 164, 166–7, 172

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 95

  Runciman, Steven 96

  Ruskin, John 94, 97, 110

  Russell, Lord John 180, 188

  Russia 130, 135–6, 137, 172, 179, 216, 266, 347, 349

  and Great War 285–6

  under Stalin 310, 324, 340, 346

  Rutelli, Francesco 377

  Sabaudi dynasty see Savoia

  Sabines 22, 40, 46

  Sacra Corona Unita 364

  Sade, Marquis de 240

  Sadowa (1866) 207, 209

  Saint-Quentin (1557) 125

  Salandra, Antonio

  and Great War 285, 287

  Salazar, António Oliveira de 305

  Salentine Peninsula (the Salento) 7

  Salerno 330

  Salisbury, 3rd Marquess of 266

  Salò, Republic of 331, 333, 393

  Salonika 98, 106

  Salutati, Coluccio 77

  Salvemini, Gaetano 17, 27, 251, 279, 281, 286, 297, 301, 315

  Samnites 22–4, 41, 43, 46

  San Carlo Theatre 166, 270, 336

  San Gimignano 73, 307, 346

  San Martino (1859) 185–6, 229, 260

  San Pietro (island of) 35

  San Siro 373

  Sansovino, Jacapo 96

  Sant’Agata 272

  Saragat, Giuseppe 229

  Sardinia 9, 10, 21, 47, 63, 64, 215, 268, 284, 317, 360, 367, 387

  language of 35, 38

  tuna fishing off 14

  vulnerability 11

  Sardinia, Kingdom of, see Piedmont-Sardinia, Kingdom of

  Sarkozy, Nicolas 392

  Saviano, Roberto 388

  Savoia dynasty, 201, 228, 239, 270, 289, 337–8, 342

  military ambitions of 116, 125, 153–4, 177, 223

  as monarchs of Italy 223–7, 283, 330–31, 337

  Savonarola, Girolamo 82


  Savoy 125, 127, 183, 190–91, 213

  Savoyards see Savoia dynasty

  Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi 384

  Schiavone, Aldo 393

  Schiller, Friedrich 171

  Scipio Africanus 311

  Scirocco, Alberto 234–5

  Scotland 91

  Scott, Walter 27, 213

  Scribe, Eugène 171, 270

  Second World War 16, 22, 35, 327–31, 399

  Sedan (1870) 209

  Seljuk Turks 53

  Sella, Quintino 255

  Seneca 77

  Senussi Islamic Order 282

  Settembrini, Luigi 212

  Severgnini, Beppe 379, 389

  on the Italian family 395–6

  on Crema 398

  Sforza, Carlo 32, 332, 341–2

  Sforza, Ludovico 113–15

  Sforza dynasty 75, 115

  Shakespeare, William 80, 105–6, 171–2, 217, 273–4

  Sicilian Vespers 64, 151, 208, 262

  Sicily 2, 9, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 36, 47, 51, 52, 57, 68, 87, 240, 268, 277, 330, 358–60, 367, 370, 387

  Bourbons in 138, 140–41, 158

  British in 132–3

  eighteenth century in 117–18, 123

  fascism in 309, 316–17

  Garibaldi’s invasion of 193–5

  and Mafia 19, 241, 246n, 250, 316–17, 359, 361–4, 385–6

  Normans in 61–4

  ‘Piedmontization’ of 198, 246–7

  poverty in 248–51

  revolt of 1848–9 158, 161

  revolt of 1860 191–2

  revolt of 1866 207, 245–6

  Spanish rule in 88

  vulnerability of 11

  Siena 4, 32, 74, 75, 78, 80, 85, 92, 102, 260, 342

  medieval government in 65–9, 72

  painting in 65–6, 83–4

  Silone, Ignazio 17, 33

  Sixtus IV, Pope 90

  Slovene language 35, 312

  Slovenia 294, 372

  Slow Food Movement 396

  Smiley, Xan 377

  Smuts, Jan 320

  Socialist Party 253, 300, 303, 338–9, 352–3

  under Craxi 349

  early divisions within 298–9

  refusal to cooperate with Giolitti 278

  Social War (first century BC) 9, 43

  socii (Roman allies) 41–3

  Solera, Temistocle 173

  Solferino (1859) 185, 187, 209, 271

  Somaliland 267–8, 283, 321, 329

  Sonnino, Sidney, 247, 249, 256–7, 294

  as foreign minister 285, 287, 290–91

  South America

  Garibaldi in 218–19, 222

  Southern Italy (after 1860) 202

  and ‘amoral familism’ 395

  under christian democrats 359–60

  during fascist period 316–19

  northern views of 240–42

  poverty in 246–51

  revolt of 1860s 243–5

  South Tyrol 35, 203, 207, 221, 285, 313, 335

  incorporation into Italy 286, 290–92

  Soviet Union see Russia

  Spaccanapoli 238–9

  Spain 13, 33, 35, 91, 105, 108–9, 136, 155–6, 229, 254, 258, 320, 354, 387, 389

  civil war in 308, 323–4

  rule in Italy 88, 114–17

  Spoleto 52, 55

  Stalin, Joseph 311

  revered by Italian communists 346

  Starace, Achille 306, 336

  Stanislaw I, King (of Poland) 119

  Stendhal (Henri Beyle) 116, 143, 145

  love of Italy 145–6

  Stephen II, Pope 53, 55

  Strabo 17

  Strauss, Richard 195

  Strepponi, Giuseppina 271–3

  Stuart, Prince Charles Edward 26, 126

  Sturzo, Luigi 251, 315

  Sutherland, Donald 352–4

  Svevo, Italo 294–5, 356

  Swabian see Hohenstaufen

  Sweden 299, 390

  Swinburne, Algernon Charles 218

  Switzerland 215, 370

  Sybaris 240

  Syllabus of Errors 253, 274

  Syracuse 12, 52, 241

  Tabucchi, Antonio 383

  Tadini, Giovanni 1–2

  Tanassi, Mario 365

  Taormina 52

  Taranto 13, 23, 35, 41, 232, 329

  Taurini 22

  Tegetthoff, Admiral Wilhelm von 232–3

  Tennyson, Alfred 21, 218

  Terragni, Giuseppe 310

  Theodora, Empress 49, 51

  Theodoric, King (of Italy) 49, 52, 58

  rule in Italy 50–51

  Thucydides 8

  Tiber, River 39, 45, 252, 309

  features of 18–19

  Ticino 203

  Tiepolo, Giambattista 102, 110–11

  Timaeus 8

  Tintoretto 85, 101–2, 110–11, 129

  Titian 85, 110, 129

  Tivaroni, Carlo 211

  Toffolo, Lino 36

  Togliatti, Palmiro 336n, 338, 345, 347, 349

  Tolstoy, Leo 133

  Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe 3, 396

  and The Leopard 247–8, 349, 355–6

  on opera 165

  on Risorgimento 247–8

  Tommaseo, Niccolò 261

  Torcello 97, 99

  Tornatore, Giuseppe 31n

  Toscanini, Arturo 310

  Toulon, Siege of 127

  Trajan, Emperor 48

  Trani 14, 16

  Transparency International 388

  Trapani 194, 358

  Trent, Council of (1545–63) 91

  Trentino-Alto Adige 367–8

  see also South Tyrol

  Trento, Trentino 38, 132, 207, 221, 265, 284–5, 300, 342, 397

  incorporation into Italy 292–3

  Trevelyan, G. M. 202, 210–11

  Treviso 75, 107, 207, 358, 370, 372–3

  Trieste 11, 36, 168, 203, 265, 284–5, 290, 292, 312

  joined to Italy 293–5

  Triple Alliance 265–6, 283–4

  Triple Entente 285

  Tripoli 282

  Tripolitania 281, 321

  Tunisia 265, 267, 284

  Turiello, Pasquale 263

  Turin 4, 10, 27, 37, 125, 139–40, 146, 149, 156, 179–80, 185, 228, 238, 240, 283

  Cavour in 203

  gastronomic tour of, 212

  as Italian capital 7, 205, 254

  statues in 214, 223–4, 228, 231

  Turkey see Ottoman Empire

  Tuscany 3, 13, 37, 64, 67, 118, 124, 131, 184, 189, 203, 309, 340n, 346, 359, 394, 399

  communes in 65–75 passim

  Enlightenment in 120

  events of 1848–9 158–9, 162, 176

  Grand Duchy of, 92–3, 120, 144, 186, 188

  and language 31–2, 76

  Medici rulers of 91–3

  Tusculum 42

  Two Sicilies, Kingdom of 64, 183, 203, 222, 229, 242

  administration of 141–3

  conquered by Garibaldi 193–5

  extinction of 196–202

  Udine 35, 207

  Umberto I, King (of Italy) 224, 264, 267–8, 277–8

  Umberto II, King (of Italy) 337–8

  Umbria 17, 24, 183, 198, 346, 368

  Umbrians 22, 41, 43, 46

  Union coalition 378–9

  United States 327, 345, 356

  and Paris Peace Conference 291

  backs christian democrats 340–41

  Urbino 75, 86–7

  Uruguay 218

  Utrecht, Treaties of (1713–14) 117

  Val d’Aosta 35, 367–8

  Valla, Lorenzo 77

  Valtellina 19

  Varè, Daniele 314

  Vasari, Giorgio 84

  Vatican 252–4, 315, 340, 342–3, 386

  Veltroni, Walter 379–80

  Vendola, Nichi 392, 398

  Veneti 22, 42

  Venetia see Veneto

  Venetian League 26, 369

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bsp; Veneto 9, 19, 73, 128, 183, 186, 203, 206, 229, 254n, 274, 358, 361, 369–70, 372, 399

  Veneto dialect 33, 37

  Venice 3, 22, 28, 29, 53, 68, 74, 75, 78, 80, 83, 84, 87n, 89, 113, 115, 132, 166, 228, 260–62, 263, 269, 271, 293

  absorption by Italy 206–7, 209

  art and architecture of 96–7, 110–11

  decline of 109–12

  empire of 11, 98–9

  foreign communities in 25, 106

  government of 101–3

  and lagoon 97–100, 359

  Napoleon’s treatment of 128–9

  navies of 13, 15

  and religion 104–5

  revolt of 1848–9 158–63

  wars on mainland 107–9

  writers on 94–6

  Vercellana, Rosina 213

  Vercelli 231

  Verdi, Giuseppe 4, 58, 95, 146, 164, 269, 352, 370

  early career 166–8

  later life 272–4

  as patriotic figure 168–75 passim, 270–71, 275

  Verdi’s operas (discussed in the text)

  Attila 168, 170–71

  Un ballo in maschera 270

  La battaglia di Legnano 58, 170, 173–5

  Falstaff 273–4

  Un giorno di regno 167

  Giovanna d’Arco 146

  I lombardi alla prima crociata 151, 168, 170–71, 173

  Nabucco 167–8, 170–75, 275, 370

  Rigoletto 269

  Simon Boccanegra 165, 274

  I vespri siciliani 180, 270, 397

  Verdura, Fulco Santostefano, Duke of 250

  Verona 10, 46, 75, 107, 131, 397

  monuments in 333

  Veronese, Paolo 104–5, 129

  Verrocchio, Andrea 103

  Versailles, 45

  Vespa 357

  Vesuvius 16

  Viareggio 279

  Vicenza 37, 75, 107

  Vico, Giambattista 121

  Victor Amadeus II, King (of Piedmont-Sardinia) 126

  as King of Sicily 117–8

  Victor Emanuel I, King (of Piedmont-Sardinia) 139

  Victor Emanuel II, King (of Italy) 33, 142, 192, 208, 229, 234, 236, 241, 270–71, 333, 357

  bellicosity 226–7, 255, 264, 332

  character 223–5

  as King of Piedmont-Sardinia 177–8, 212–13

  as legend 210–11, 258–60

  and parliament 225, 254

  role in 1859 184–6, 188

  role in 1860 197–200

  war of 1866 206–7

  Victor Emanuel III, King (of Italy) 278, 299, 303, 329, 337, 339

  character of 283

  flees Rome 330–31

  and Great War 285–7

  and Mussolini 300–301

  Victoria, Queen (of the United Kingdom) 175, 178, 225, 266

  Villafranca, Peace of (1859) 186, 189–90, 213

  Vienna, Congress of 137–8, 141, 231

  Virgil 3, 18, 31, 46, 47, 77, 78, 240

  and the Aeneid 39, 45

  as laureate of Italia 44–5

  Visconti, Giangaleazzo 107

  Visconti, Luchino, Lord of Milan 75

  Visconti, Luchino (film director) 350

  Visconti dynasty 75

  Vittoriano, the 252, 374

  Vittorini, Elio 354–5

  Vittorio Veneto (1918) 5, 289, 308

 

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