"Greeks and Italians in the Italian Peninsula during the ..." Topic

… Napoleonic period, form the Standpoint of the Septinsular Republic.

"In this paper, the author made an analysis of the political and patriotic activities carried by Greeks from the Ionian Islands during the Napoleonic period. In the context of Napoleon's foreign policy, Ioannis Kapodistrias emerging as a key figure in the foundation of the Septinsular Republic and become the prominent representative of the Ionian Greeks. Thus, he gained the experience in international diplomacy and the reputation for his skills which were to become his passport to a political career in more important positions. It is on the basis of the events concerning the Ionian Islands and the
first experience of collective activity with a common perspective by persons such as those described above that it is contended that the Septinsular Republic was for Greeks a foretaste of national independence.

Historiography of the Unification of Italy, the so-called Risorgimento, and particularly the most recent publications, has detected the beginnings of the processes that would lead to Italian national independence in the dissemination and subsequent implementation of the ideas of the French Revolution in the Italian Peninsula during the twenty years between 1796 and 1815, the period of the
Napoleonic Wars 1. Re-evaluation of the influence of Napoleon's policies in the long term and in the international context has indicated that these changes meant
something more than the preparation for the Risorgimento: here were established the bases for the formation of the modern civil democratic state and the guarantees for
individual and collective liberties2. What happened in Napoleonic Italy had repercussions on other population groups present in the Italian states and closely involved with the people of the peninsula, among which were the Greeks…"
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Armand

Of course I will as someone being from the Ionian Islands. Hate the French Revolution though and its client state. Ruined my family driving us into the mountains or into the ottoman empire.

Glup!… ok my friend!. (smile)

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Armand