Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (fränchās´kō dō-mā´nēkō gwār-rät´tsē), 1804–73, Italian patriot and writer, b. Livorno. A radical republican and nationalist, he was repeatedly imprisoned for his activities in the Risorgimento. He became minister and dictator (1848–49) of Tuscany in the government established there during the revolution of 1848, and after its fall he was exiled until 1859. After the unification of Italy (1861), Guerrazzi was a member in the Italian parliament until 1870. His romantic historical novels were written as calls to Italian patriotism; the best known of them is L'assedio di Firenze [the siege of Florence] (1836).
More From encyclopedia.com
Italian Americans , ITALIAN AMERICANS. Italian influence on American history can be traced back to the navigators Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. America's fo… Risorgimento , Nationalist movement in 19th-century Italy culminating in the unification of the country by 1870. Its origins can be traced to the intellectual ferme… Italians , LOCATION: Italy
POPULATION: About 58 million
LANGUAGE: Italian, French, Slovene, German, and Fruilian
RELIGION: Roman Catholic; small numbers of Prot… Ugo Foscolo , Ugo Foscolo
Ugo Foscolo
The Italian author Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) was a poet, critic, and dramatist as well as a patriot. His romantic temperament a… Giacomo Matteotti , Giacomo Matteotti
Giacomo Matteoti (1885-1924) was leader of the Italian Socialist Party and bitter and effective critic of Mussolini's dictatorship,… Francesco Crispi , Crispi, Francesco
CRISPI, FRANCESCO
deputy of the left
prime minister
bibliography
CRISPI, FRANCESCO (1818–1901), Italian politician, a leader in the…
About this article
Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico