The history of the eighteenth-century Sicilian revolution goes from 1815 through 1860: that is the history of a people that has tirelessly chased the dream of being independent from Naples. Both the 1820-21 and the 1848 revolutions were fought in the name of that freedom enshrined within the 1812 Constitution, which the «Nazione siciliana» should have been built upon. However, the Borbone won in both occasions. Hence, autonomy aspirations were gradually, but consciously, substituted with new hopes, which flew first into the Garibaldi project, then in the annexation of Sicily to the Reign of Italy and eventually in the participation to a new identity. The present article aims at connecting some significant events of the juridical, economic and political history of Sicily to the broader dynamics of Risorgimento, in order to identify those reasons and expectations of those who, on October 21st 1860, opted for «l’Italia una ed indivisibile, con Vittorio Emanuele Re costituzionale ed i suoi legittimi discendenti».

TRA RESTAURAZIONE E RISORGIMENTO: LA SICILIA PER UNA NAZIONE O UNA NAZIONE PER LA SICILIA?

CAPPUCCIO, Antonio
2016-01-01

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The history of the eighteenth-century Sicilian revolution goes from 1815 through 1860: that is the history of a people that has tirelessly chased the dream of being independent from Naples. Both the 1820-21 and the 1848 revolutions were fought in the name of that freedom enshrined within the 1812 Constitution, which the «Nazione siciliana» should have been built upon. However, the Borbone won in both occasions. Hence, autonomy aspirations were gradually, but consciously, substituted with new hopes, which flew first into the Garibaldi project, then in the annexation of Sicily to the Reign of Italy and eventually in the participation to a new identity. The present article aims at connecting some significant events of the juridical, economic and political history of Sicily to the broader dynamics of Risorgimento, in order to identify those reasons and expectations of those who, on October 21st 1860, opted for «l’Italia una ed indivisibile, con Vittorio Emanuele Re costituzionale ed i suoi legittimi discendenti».
2016
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