Lucy Riall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy Riall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy |
| FAMILY NAME | Riall |
| SIGNATURE | RIALL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9858-0450 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mobilités et espaces des révolutions
Le livre de Maurizio Isabella, Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions, modifie notre compréhension des révolutions de 1820-1821. Cette date, selon lui, représente un moment de transformation dans une ' ère des révolutions ' de longue portée, qui laissa sa marque sur les pratiques politiques et sur les périphéries méridionales de l'Europe qui furent à l'initiative du mouvement révolutionnaire. Comme le remarque M. Isabella, cet espace ' démontr…
The Circus is Coming
Journal Article The Circus is Coming Get access Mark Seymour. Emotional Arenas: Life, Love, and Death in 1870s Italy. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 228. Cloth $85.00. Lucy Riall Lucy Riall European University Institute, Italy Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 128, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 1821–1823, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/…
Hidden Spaces of Empire: Italian Colonists in Nineteenth-Century Peru
Among the clichés in modern European history, one of the most common is of Italy as 'the least of the Great Powers', unable to punch above its weight in the international arena and classed as a 'latecomer' to imperial conquest. In this article, I suggest instead that historians have been looking in the wrong place, and in the wrong period, for evidence of Italian ambition. By concentrating on territorial acquisitions in Africa, they are assessing…
For a Fair(er) Global History
This article is authored by a group of PhD researchers at the European University Institute (EUI) and two teachers as part of the PhD seminar in Global History held in the Fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider three topics: ‘The politics of global history’ thinking about global history as a form of activism; ‘Whose global history?’ considering issues of property and sharing; and ‘An open global history’ proposing a utopian future…
Central European History in the Age of Covid-19
As COVID-19 began to spread across the globe in early 2020, few could have envisaged that it would so profoundly affect our personal and professional lives. In-class teaching soon had to be either replaced with online teaching or could only be carried out with great risk to staff and students. Working from home and a constant stream of video conferences became the norm instead of informal chats on departmental corridors. As if all of this were no…
The Palgrave Handbook of Masculinity and Political Culture in Europe
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon mona…
Denis Mack Smith (1920–2017)
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Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789–1914
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political re
Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789-1914
The Fascist Party and the Problem of Popular Opinion in the Provinces
As a non-specialist in the historiography of Fascism and Nazism, I enter this discussion with trepidation. Viewed from the outside, antagonism and rigidity have long characterised historical debate about the causes, nature and consequences of both regimes, although it is clear (and as the other contributions published here have pointed out) that some of this fierceness has attenuated of late with the rise of a new generation of historians. I don'…
Under the Volcano: Empire and Revolution in a Sicilian Town
Nelson was created Duke of Bronte and received the vast estate in 1799 as a gift from Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies. It was a standard, if especially ostentatious, form of military reward and reflected both the ‘Nelson-mania’ prevailing in Naples and the King's personal gratitude to the British for having saved his kingdom from the French Revolutionary armies. But the gift also brought disgrace on Nelson, in that it pointed to his dubiou…
The Risorgimento revisited: Nationalism and culture in nineteenth-century Italy
Illustrations Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Revisiting the Risorgimento S.Patriarca & L.Riall European Romanticism and the Italian Risorgimento P.Ginsborg The Hero and the People A.Lyttelton From the People to the Masses: Political Developments in Italian Opera from Rossini to Mascagni S.Chiappini Discovering Politics: Action and Recollection in the First Mazzzian Generation A.Arisi Rota & R.Balzani Mazzini and/in Love R.Pesman Pers…
The Risorgimento and Italian history
The Risorgimento was a turbulent and decisive period in the history of Italy. Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years between 1815 and 1860, when a series of crises destabilised the states of Restoration Italy and led to the creation of a troubled nation state in 1860. Comprehensive, yet original, this textbook:* Examines the social history of nineteenth century Italy and the social context of pol…
Martyr Cults in Nineteenth-Century Italy
The Shallow End of History? The Substance and Future of Political Biography
The "Great Man" tradition of political life-writing in Britain originated in the Dictionary of National Biography (which commenced publication in 1882) and continues to this day in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The commercial popularity of the genre has persisted despite the challenges of post-structuralism and the rise of cultural and gender history. Contemporary political biographers who wish to incorporate new methodologies in t…
Risorgimento: The History of Italy from Napoleon to Nation State
A provocative and readable examination of this defining and controversial moment in modern Italian history
Fathers of the Nation? Bismarck, Garibaldi and the Cult of Memory in Germany and Italy
This essay explores the origins and functions of two national father figures, Bismarck and Garibaldi, in modern Italy and Germany. Although fundamentally different in character and political outlook, Bismarck and Garibaldi acquired the status of `fathers' of the nation due to their pre-eminent roles in bringing about national unification. The ways in which these father figures were portrayed shifted remarkably over the course of the late nineteen…
Nation, ‘deep images’ and the problem of emotions
Introduction: The new history of Risorgimento nationalism
Which Italy? Italian Culture and the Problem of Politics
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, 2001; pp. x + 317; ISBN 0 52
Elites in Search of Authority: Political Power and Social Order in nineteenth-century Sicily
Studies of power in nineteenth-century Sicily have long been overshadowed by interest in the mafia, and are dominated by perceptions of feudal backwardness, bureaucratic weakness and criminal deviance. This article challenges such interpretations. It looks instead at the rise to prominence of new elites in Sicilian rural communities during this period, and analyses their complex relations with the state, with the peasantry, and with each other. T…
The Italian Risorgimento: State, Society and National Unification
The Risorgimento was a turbulent and decisive period in the history of Italy. Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years between 1815 and 1860, when a series of crises destabilised the states of Restoration Italy and led to the creation of a troubled nation state in 1860. Comprehensive, yet original, this textbook:* Examines the social history of nineteenth century Italy and the social context of pol…
The nation and the South in the work of Rosario Romeo: A debate between John Dickie, Lucy Riall and Giuseppe Galasso: The idea of nation in Romeo
The last seven or eight years have brought a flood of printer's ink dedicated to the issue of national identity in Italy. At the same time, the new political forces that have emerged since Tangentopoli have all, in various ways, contributed to the re-emergence of patriotism in the language of the public sphere. What would Rosario Romeo have said about this new cultural and political climate? How would he have sought to intervene? It seems likely …
Darkest Italy: The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900, John Dickie
Journal Article Darkest Italy: The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860–1900, John Dickie Get access Lucy Riall Lucy Riall Birkbeck College, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 116, Issue 467, June 2001, Pages 749–750, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/116.467.749 Published: 01 June 2001
Introduction: The new history of Risorgimento nationalism
Martyr Cults in Nineteenth-Century Italy
Liberal policy and the control of public order in western Sicily 1860–1862
This article is concerned with explanations of the failure of stateformation and nation building in liberal Italy, and concentrates on attempts to integrate western Sicily into the new political framework. The marxist account of this process has emphasized the extent of peasant revolt against the new state, and its brutal repression. Unification, it is argued, failed because it was based on coercion and domination rather than on leadership by pop…
Hidden Spaces of Empire: Italian Colonists in Nineteenth-Century Peru
Among the clichés in modern European history, one of the most common is of Italy as 'the least of the Great Powers', unable to punch above its weight in the international arena and classed as a 'latecomer' to imperial conquest. In this article, I suggest instead that historians have been looking in the wrong place, and in the wrong period, for evidence of Italian ambition. By concentrating on territorial acquisitions in Africa, they are assessing…
Nation, ‘deep images’ and the problem of emotions
The Shallow End of History? The Substance and Future of Political Biography
The "Great Man" tradition of political life-writing in Britain originated in the Dictionary of National Biography (which commenced publication in 1882) and continues to this day in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The commercial popularity of the genre has persisted despite the challenges of post-structuralism and the rise of cultural and gender history. Contemporary political biographers who wish to incorporate new methodologies in t…
Fathers of the Nation? Bismarck, Garibaldi and the Cult of Memory in Germany and Italy
This essay explores the origins and functions of two national father figures, Bismarck and Garibaldi, in modern Italy and Germany. Although fundamentally different in character and political outlook, Bismarck and Garibaldi acquired the status of `fathers' of the nation due to their pre-eminent roles in bringing about national unification. The ways in which these father figures were portrayed shifted remarkably over the course of the late nineteen…
Which road to the south? Revisionists revisit the Mezzogiorno
Since the early 1980s historians and others have been radically revising established understandings of the Italian south. New research has undermined the notion of a dichotomy between north and south and has begun to challenge the parameters of the Southern Question itself. The books reviewed here reflect, comment upon and drive forward this process of revision. One suggestion is that representations of the south as 'backward', 'picturesque' or f…
Which Italy? Italian Culture and the Problem of Politics
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, 2001; pp. x + 317; ISBN 0 52
Elites in Search of Authority: Political Power and Social Order in nineteenth-century Sicily
Studies of power in nineteenth-century Sicily have long been overshadowed by interest in the mafia, and are dominated by perceptions of feudal backwardness, bureaucratic weakness and criminal deviance. This article challenges such interpretations. It looks instead at the rise to prominence of new elites in Sicilian rural communities during this period, and analyses their complex relations with the state, with the peasantry, and with each other. T…
Progress and compromise in liberal Italy
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Liberal policy and the control of public order in western Sicily 1860–1862
This article is concerned with explanations of the failure of stateformation and nation building in liberal Italy, and concentrates on attempts to integrate western Sicily into the new political framework. The marxist account of this process has emphasized the extent of peasant revolt against the new state, and its brutal repression. Unification, it is argued, failed because it was based on coercion and domination rather than on leadership by pop…
Progress and compromise in liberal Italy
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Sicily and the Unification of Italy: Liberal Policy and Local Power, 1859-1866
This is an in-depth analysis of the impact of Italian unification on the hitherto isolated communities of rural Sicily. Traditional explanations of Sicily's instability depict a society trapped by a feudal past. The book finds instead that many areas of the island were experiencing a period of rapid modernization, as local governments increased their organizational efforts. Beginning with the period prior to the revolution of 1860, the book shows…
Hero, saint or revolutionary? Nineteenth-century politics and the cult of Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was the most enduring political hero of nineteenth-century Italy. His political image was inspired by both the romantic movement and religion and, in turn, inspired a new kind of charismatic popular politics. The first part of this article explores the sources and assesses the impact of the cult of Garibaldi during the Risorgimento. The second part examines the use made of Garibaldi's image after Italian unification and, especi…
Nelson versus Bronte: Land, Litigation and Local Politics in Sicily, 1799–1860
Which road to the south? Revisionists revisit the Mezzogiorno
Since the early 1980s historians and others have been radically revising established understandings of the Italian south. New research has undermined the notion of a dichotomy between north and south and has begun to challenge the parameters of the Southern Question itself. The books reviewed here reflect, comment upon and drive forward this process of revision. One suggestion is that representations of the south as 'backward', 'picturesque' or f…
Darkest Italy: The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900, John Dickie
Journal Article Darkest Italy: The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860–1900, John Dickie Get access Lucy Riall Lucy Riall Birkbeck College, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 116, Issue 467, June 2001, Pages 749–750, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/116.467.749 Published: 01 June 2001
The Italian Risorgimento: State, Society and National Unification
The Risorgimento was a turbulent and decisive period in the history of Italy. Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years between 1815 and 1860, when a series of crises destabilised the states of Restoration Italy and led to the creation of a troubled nation state in 1860. Comprehensive, yet original, this textbook:* Examines the social history of nineteenth century Italy and the social context of pol…
The nation and the South in the work of Rosario Romeo: A debate between John Dickie, Lucy Riall and Giuseppe Galasso: The idea of nation in Romeo
The last seven or eight years have brought a flood of printer's ink dedicated to the issue of national identity in Italy. At the same time, the new political forces that have emerged since Tangentopoli have all, in various ways, contributed to the re-emergence of patriotism in the language of the public sphere. What would Rosario Romeo have said about this new cultural and political climate? How would he have sought to intervene? It seems likely …
Elites in Search of Authority: Political Power and Social Order in nineteenth-century Sicily
Studies of power in nineteenth-century Sicily have long been overshadowed by interest in the mafia, and are dominated by perceptions of feudal backwardness, bureaucratic weakness and criminal deviance. This article challenges such interpretations. It looks instead at the rise to prominence of new elites in Sicilian rural communities during this period, and analyses their complex relations with the state, with the peasantry, and with each other. T…
Which Italy? Italian Culture and the Problem of Politics
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press, 2001; pp. x + 317; ISBN 0 52
Risorgimento: The History of Italy from Napoleon to Nation State
A provocative and readable examination of this defining and controversial moment in modern Italian history
Fathers of the Nation? Bismarck, Garibaldi and the Cult of Memory in Germany and Italy
This essay explores the origins and functions of two national father figures, Bismarck and Garibaldi, in modern Italy and Germany. Although fundamentally different in character and political outlook, Bismarck and Garibaldi acquired the status of `fathers' of the nation due to their pre-eminent roles in bringing about national unification. The ways in which these father figures were portrayed shifted remarkably over the course of the late nineteen…
Nation, ‘deep images’ and the problem of emotions
Introduction: The new history of Risorgimento nationalism
The Risorgimento and Italian history
The Risorgimento was a turbulent and decisive period in the history of Italy. Lucy Riall's engaging account is the first book of its kind on the upheavals of the years between 1815 and 1860, when a series of crises destabilised the states of Restoration Italy and led to the creation of a troubled nation state in 1860. Comprehensive, yet original, this textbook:* Examines the social history of nineteenth century Italy and the social context of pol…
Martyr Cults in Nineteenth-Century Italy
The Shallow End of History? The Substance and Future of Political Biography
The "Great Man" tradition of political life-writing in Britain originated in the Dictionary of National Biography (which commenced publication in 1882) and continues to this day in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The commercial popularity of the genre has persisted despite the challenges of post-structuralism and the rise of cultural and gender history. Contemporary political biographers who wish to incorporate new methodologies in t…
The Risorgimento revisited: Nationalism and culture in nineteenth-century Italy
Illustrations Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction: Revisiting the Risorgimento S.Patriarca & L.Riall European Romanticism and the Italian Risorgimento P.Ginsborg The Hero and the People A.Lyttelton From the People to the Masses: Political Developments in Italian Opera from Rossini to Mascagni S.Chiappini Discovering Politics: Action and Recollection in the First Mazzzian Generation A.Arisi Rota & R.Balzani Mazzini and/in Love R.Pesman Pers…
Under the Volcano: Empire and Revolution in a Sicilian Town
Nelson was created Duke of Bronte and received the vast estate in 1799 as a gift from Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies. It was a standard, if especially ostentatious, form of military reward and reflected both the ‘Nelson-mania’ prevailing in Naples and the King's personal gratitude to the British for having saved his kingdom from the French Revolutionary armies. But the gift also brought disgrace on Nelson, in that it pointed to his dubiou…
Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789–1914
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political re
Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789-1914
The Fascist Party and the Problem of Popular Opinion in the Provinces
As a non-specialist in the historiography of Fascism and Nazism, I enter this discussion with trepidation. Viewed from the outside, antagonism and rigidity have long characterised historical debate about the causes, nature and consequences of both regimes, although it is clear (and as the other contributions published here have pointed out) that some of this fierceness has attenuated of late with the rise of a new generation of historians. I don'…
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon mona…
Denis Mack Smith (1920–2017)
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