Italian unification faced open resistance from French national interests
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 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Papal temporal power prevented the political unification of Renaissance Italy — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1878
Related
- Papal temporal power prevented the political unification of Renaissance Italy (similarity 0.92)
- Italian bourgeois revolution aims were sacrificed to Piedmontese state ambitions (similarity 0.87)
- Neo-Guelphism sought an Italian federation under the Pope (similarity 0.86)
- The Vatican sponsored outward-facing political parties rather than internal Church reform (similarity 0.81)
- Marsilio of Padua blamed papal temporal power for Italy’s wars (similarity 0.79)
- Italian unification posed a national question only in partial aspects, not fully (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Papal temporal power prevented the political unification of Renaissance Italy
#expands(0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1878