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Young Italy

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noun

  1. a political society in Italy advocating the unification of Italy, founded by Mazzini in 1831 to replace the Carbonari.


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After founding an organization known as Young Italy in 1831, Giuseppe Mazzini began promoting a sense of shared Italian identity and encouraged his supporters to dedicate their lives to their nation.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

One of the great nationalist thinkers was an Italian, Giuseppe Mazzini, whose Young Italy movement inspired comparable movements all over Europe in the 1830s.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

Crowds of refugees from every quarter joined them and formed a central association, Young Europe, whence branched others, Young France, Young Poland, Young Germany, and Young Italy.

From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Mrs. George Horrocks

Without any esteem for Austria, he refused to further the plans of the revolutionary party, and thus incurred the hostility of Mazzini, who was organizing the movement of "Young Italy" for independence and unity.

From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher

Mazzini, a young lawyer of Genoa, had just started a society called "Young Italy," and was looking hopefully, in a hopeless age, toward a republic for his native country.

From Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah K. Bolton

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