At the time Garibaldi was born (we are in the first
decade of 1800 ) the italien peninsula was
split under a multitude of small independent states. A strong national sentiment lived nevertheless in the Italian's souls.
Some insurrectional and republican movements started
in 1820 up to 1831. Garibaldi, like mostly of his génération, had built up the conscience of a national unity, ground since the split of the Roman
Empire.
For
Garibaldi, the Mazzini's thèses to unify
Italy (Mazzini was, as matter of fact,
the other great Joseph of the italian risorgimental épopée), look like the directe conséquence of Barrault's ideas, initial moment of the rédemption of all reprimed people.
This
last voyage changes Garibaldi's life; in his mémories, he writes:« Christophore
Colomb didn't certainly feel pas as satisfactied déscovering lAmérica as I felt finding someone
who was engaged on the rédemption of
our italic country».
The
officiel historiography wants Giuseppe Garibaldi meeting Giuseppe Mazzini in
1833 à Marseille where he jointed The " Giovine Italia" (The Young
Italy), the political secrèt Mazzini 's
association whose objectif was to transform Italy into a démocratique unitaire république,
without the king of Tourin, and without
the Pope of Rome, making the etèrnal town the capital of the new republican
state.
In
his quality of mariner, Garibaldi must face five year military service in the royal sardinian navy; he joined on décembre 1833. Respecting
the tradition, he adoptes as nick name Cléombrote, greek héro from
Sparte.
Within his friends Edoardo Mutru and Marco
Pes, he tries to make some prosélytist for
the cause, risking on the front of the police. As matter of fact the three
friends are foresigned to the police by
whom they are surveilled ; Mutru and Garibaldi are moved on the ship Comte de
Geneys, the 3rd of fébruary; the ship is
on the edge to départ with destination Brésil.
In
order to understand these évents, we
need to remind that Mazzini and the Jeune Italie, were controled
by the king of Sardinia and by his own governement, because of their
républicain ideas.
Nevertheless
Garibaldi, for the sake of the liberty of his people, will renounce the républicain idéals, becoming the king of Sardinia's friend and of his premier count
Camile de Cavour, the others great autors
of the italien Unification with Mazzini and
our héro Garibaldi.
...to be continued...
the 4th julliet
1807 who fought so long to reunify Italy under the sceptre of the Savoia dinasty.
The public joint in a great number and was composed of citizens of Villeneuve sur
Lot and students from two high schools who study italian
language and literature between the subjects of their school curriculum. At the
conclusion of the Conference Mr Basile has illustrated the
main phases of the films of neorealist director Roberto Rossellini "Viva l'Italia".
