German volunteers in the armed conflicts of the Italian Risorgimento 1834–70

Göhde, Ferdinand Nicolas

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“…Longstanding foreign-Italian stereotypes originating from the tourist traditions of the 'journey to Italy' and the 'Grand Tour' (Brilli 2006, 278-286) influenced this military comparison at least for some national groups. More specific foreign-Italian auto-and hetero-stereotypes, from the superior fighting abilities of the Swiss to a purportedly 'Prussian' prerogative for order on the basis of 'old Prussian drill' (Jackman 2004, 76) were equally important (Gohde 2009;Ignace 2009;Pellegrino Sutcliffe 2013;Sarlin 2009).…”

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“…The discrimination between differently motivated foreign soldiers was in any case a consistent feature of the contemporary polemics between the political sides of the Risorgimento: whereas one army's 'own' foreign soldiers were often described as ideal-driven, and nobleminded, those of the opposing side were demonised as 'mercenaries' (Gohde 2009). Economic disinterest was an important ingredient of the topos of 'sacrifice'.…”

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“…The history of foreigners in the Italian armed groups provides an innovative field of inquiry in Risorgimento historiography. Pioneering studies from Anna-Maria Isastia (1996), from a research group headed by Gilles Pecout (Bron 2009;Gohde 2009;Ignace 2009;Pecout 2009;Sanfilippo 2007;Sarlin 2009) and other authors (e.g. Pellegrino Sutcliffe 2013) are important outcomes of a new awareness of transnational soldiering in the Risorgimento.…”

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A new military history of the Italian Risorgimento and Anti-Risorgimento: the case of ‘transnational soldiers’

Göhde

2014

Modern Italy

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The article discusses new studies of foreign soldiers in the Italian armed groups of the (Anti-)Risorgimento against the background of recent scholarship on ‘transnational soldiers’, which acknowledges the complexities of foreigners' initial motives for enlistment and of the transnational processes inside the single armies. The article suggests that from the mundane structures of military life to the perceptions of the rank-and-file, many aspects of the soldiering experience in the multinational armed groups on all sides of the Risorgimento actually advanced rather than obviated national boundaries. This paper further demonstrates that the military cultures of the nationalists and the anti-unity forces were much more porous and mutually constitutive than is often recognised. The histories of the ‘transnational soldiers’ in the armed groups of the Risorgimento and Anti-Risorgimento are crucial for a possibly new, comparative history of the armed groups of the (Anti-)Risorigmento. This paper explores approaches of the culturally revived ‘new military history’ and suggests that it provides much still unrealised potential for Risorgimento historiography.

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2014

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“…Consequently, the Milanese revolutionary experience and its relations with the other ‘sister revolutions’ in Italy and Europe remain to this day severely understudied. Building on the pioneering research of transnational scholars such as Maurizio Isabella, Konstantina Zanou, and Ferdinand Göhde (Isabella 2009; Isabella and Zanou 2016; Zanou 2018; Göhde 2009), this article focuses on a specific cross-border interaction in 1848. It aims also to encourage transnational research on the Italian and German national unifications, which, as Oliver Janz and Lucy Riall (2014, 3) have stated, ‘cries out for analysis by a transnational historian.’…”

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The Great Illusion: blueprints of collaboration between revolutions in Italy and Germany (1848)

Lissi

2021

Mod. Italy

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In April 1848, a proclamation of friendship to the Germans sent by the Provisional Government of Milan to the Fünfzigerausschuss (Committee of Fifty) in Frankfurt was rejected by the latter, creating widespread outrage in Italy. Concurrently, a parallel controversy over the possession of South Tyrol arose between the two revolutions. This article provides an exploratory analysis of these two episodes, examining the role they played in shaping relations between the two revolutions, and in influencing the image Italians had of the revolution in Germany. Shedding light on an episode until now overlooked by historiography, this article seeks to contribute to the salient debate on the peculiar relationship between internationalist ideals and nationalist claims during the 1848 revolution. It argues that the disillusioning impact on revolutionary audiences of specific ‘episodes of friction’, such as those examined in this article,was greater than the ‘natural convergence of goals’ of the various national revolutions in 1848.

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Military State-Building in War and Peace

Heinzen

2017

Making Prussians, Raising Germans

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German volunteers in the armed conflicts of the Italian Risorgimento 1834–70

Cited by 6 publications

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A new military history of the Italian Risorgimento and Anti-Risorgimento: the case of ‘transnational soldiers’

A new military history of the Italian Risorgimento and Anti-Risorgimento: the case of ‘transnational soldiers’

The Great Illusion: blueprints of collaboration between revolutions in Italy and Germany (1848)

Military State-Building in War and Peace

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