risorgimento

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He has set the play in 1866, though what affinity the drama has with either the risorgimento or the 19th century is dim enough to be imperceptible.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the mid-19th century, in fact, many of the most prominent nationalist leaders of the Italian risorgimento were Masons.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not a "resurrection" but a "risorgimento" that she longed for.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

The monumental Italian work in the field is C. Tivaroni, Storia critica del risorgimento italiano, 9 vols.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

And the old women are going and are praying because the man is dead: and the soldiers are going and are taking the arms before the risorgimento, but now the p. 40law it is redeemed. 

From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing