National Movements in Italy and in Central and Southeast Europe: The Difficult Implementation of the Idea of the Nation
National Movements in Italy and in Central and Southeast Europe: The Difficult Implementation of the Idea of the Nation

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the content of the lectio magistralis delivered by the recipient at the doctor honoris causa ceremony hosted by Babeş-Bolyai University. It broadly outlines the relations between the political events that took place in the Italian Peninsula and in Central and Southeastern Europe in the nineteenth century, in the period of national revivals. Thus, in Italy, the struggle of the Greek insurgents against the Sultan quickly created the myth of an independent Greece. Conversely, Garibaldi’s conquest of the South created a new myth that became popular and desirable throughout Europe. As to the Romanians, their interest in Italy increased as a result of the formation of the unified Italian national state and they paid particular attention to the victories of Garibaldi.

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