Italian bourgeois revolution aims were sacrificed to Piedmontese state ambitions

Evidence

His criticisms of the Church in his day are two: that by its evil conduct it has undermined religious belief, and that the temporal power of the popes, with the policy that it inspires, prevents the unification of Italy. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1878 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Protectionism forged capitalist-class alliance while devastating the Italian peasantry.; Italy’s communal bourgeoisie failed to transcend the economic-corporate phase and form a national state; Italian unification repressed peasant insurrections against landowners (+3 more)

Related

• Italian unification faced open resistance from French national interests (similarity 0.87)
• Papal temporal power prevented the political unification of Renaissance Italy (similarity 0.85)
• Neo-Guelphism sought an Italian federation under the Pope (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Papal temporal power prevented the political unification of Renaissance Italy #complicates (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1878
• Transformism organically absorbed revolutionary personnel into the Italian ruling class #expands (0.78)