Talking History: The Italian Unification

We go over Napoleon's invasion of Italy again, this time focusing on his administrative and political actions. Italians of the 19th century would see politics and governments differently than Italians of the 18th century, because between 1797 and 1815 Napoleon would reshape Italy's political consciousness. He got started quickly, as in just 2 years he had already upended Northern Italy.

We cover Italy in the early 1790's, the final years of the old order before Napoleon's invasion. This covers some of the same time period as episode 7, but this time we look at things from the Italian perspective.

Adam talks about the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleon's invasion of Italy. At the end of the episode we answer questions from listeners.

This is the first of two special epiodes on Venice that will cover the 4th Crusade. It's a tragically human tale that begins as an attempt to liberate Jerusalem and ends with the Crusader sack of Constantinople.

The French Revolution. Adam makes his triumphant return to the podcast! He discusses the French Revolution, which is what set the ball in motion that would eventually lead to the Unification of Italy!

In the last of our prequel episodes, we cover 1500-1790, laying the groundwork for the Italian Unification.

This is the first of a series of bonus episodes on the history of Venice. In this episode we start with the founding of Venice by Roman refugees fleeing barbarian invasions and work our way up to the end of the 11th century, just before the 1st crusade.

We discuss the Italian Renaissance, the late medieval era in Italy, and the papacy.

We discuss the birth of the Italian city states and their governments, as well as cover the overall politics of Italy between 1000 and 1300.

In this episode Benjamin discusses the meaning of nations and nationalism, geography of Italy, and the importance of names. Then he tells the history of Italy from Rome to Charlgemagne.

Hello! Welcome to Talking History: The Italian Unification, 1790-1870. In this episode we introduce ourselves, give you an overview of the unification, and lay out our plan for the podcast series.