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Italian nationalism
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Italian nationalism
Italian nationalism
is the
nationalism
asserts that
Italians
are a
nation
and promotes the cultural unity of Italians. It claims that Italians are the
ethnic
,
cultural
, and
linguistic
descendants of the
ancient Romans
who inhabited the
Italian Peninsula
for centuries. The origins of Italian nationalism have been traced to
the Renaissance
. Italian nationalism first arose as a potent political force in the 1830s in the Italian peninsula under the leadership of
Giuseppe Mazzini
. It served as a cause for
Risorgimento
in the 1860s to 1870s. Italian nationalism became strong again in
World War I
with
Italian irredentist
claims to territories held by
Austria-Hungary
, and during the era of
Italian Fascism
.
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