a. Italy 1815 - 1847
The start of a nationalist movement aimed at unifying Italy started in the years after 1815. Napoleon"s rule of Italy was important for triggering this. Nevertheless, as you will see below, removing foreign influence and unifying the peninsular were challenging tasks. Thus although there were revolutions in 1821 - 21 and 1831, and influential figures such as Mazzini spreading ideas about unification, little solid progress...