Giuseppe Garibaldi
Also called: Garibaldi · Topic: The Rise of Nationalism in Europe · NCERT: Class 10, Ch 1 "The Rise of Nationalism in Europe"
Meaning
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–82) was an Italian freedom fighter and one of the main leaders of Italian unification. As a young man he joined Mazzini's Young Italy. He is best known for leading armed volunteers called the Red Shirts. His campaign brought southern Italy into the new Italian kingdom. He was a popular hero, and many ordinary people, including peasants, followed him.
Example
In 1860 Garibaldi led the Expedition of the Thousand into the south. His Red Shirts grew to about 30,000 men. They drove the Bourbon rulers out of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He then handed the south to Victor Emmanuel II, who was proclaimed king of united Italy in 1861.
Don't confuse with
- Count Cavour: Garibaldi won land in battle at the head of volunteers. Cavour was the chief minister of Sardinia-Piedmont and worked through diplomacy and an alliance with France.
Related concepts
- Otto von Bismarck
- Blood and iron
- Franco-Prussian War
- Unification of Germany
- Kulturkampf
- Paris Commune 1871
- Count Cavour
- Napoleon III
- Expedition of the Thousand
- Unification of Italy