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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

Young Italy, however, is awaking to her need as a nation, for education and for the training of the young.

From From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. by Wardle, J.

They were revolutions begun in the fever heat of youth—"Young Germany," "Young Austria," "Young Italy," were moved by "Young Hegelians" and "Young Communists."

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

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 Bolton, Sarah K.

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