Giuseppe Mazzini

Definition

Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy in the 19th century. He founded the secret revolutionary society Young Italy.

Related terms

Young Italy: A political movement founded by Mazzini that aimed at uniting Italy into a single nation-state under a democratic republic.

Nationalism: The belief that people who share a common language, history, or culture should constitute an independent nation or state.

Risorgimento: The 19th-century movement for Italian unification that culminated in the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.