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Religion and Politics in the Risorgimento

Britain and the New Italy, 1861-1875

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  1. Danilo Raponi

    1. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Britain and Italy, Religion and Politics

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 1-35

  3. Italy as the ‘European India’: British orientalism, cultural imperialism, and anti-Catholicism, c. 1850–1870

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 36-72

  4. British missionary societies in Italy: evangelising a hostile land, 1850–1862

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 73-111

  5. Religion and foreign policy: from Unification to the ‘desperate folly’ of the Syllabus, 1861–1864

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 112-138

  6. British missionaries and Catholic reaction: searching the soul of the new nation, 1862–1872

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 139-165

  7. Protestant foreign relations and the last years of the Roman Question, 1865–1875

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 166-207

  8. Conclusion: ‘Great’ because Protestant, ‘Oriental’ because Catholic

    • Danilo Raponi
    Pages 208-215

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 216-302
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This book examines Anglo-Italian political and cultural relations and analyses the importance of religion in the British 'Orientalist' perception of Italy. It puts religion at the centre of a harsh political and cultural war, one that was fought on international, diplomatic, and domestic levels.

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“Raponi’s monograph improves our understanding of the British enthusiasm for the Risorgimento by exploring how religion and politics fused together when Italian affairs were on the agenda. … Raponi has consulted a very impressive range of sources. … The book is beautifully written, Raponi’s style being lively and engaging.” (Owain Wright, Journal of Religious History Literature and Culture Reviews, June, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Danilo Raponi

About the author

Danilo Raponi is Marie Curie and Gerda Henkel Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern History at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He has also taught at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and the University of Cambridge, UK, and has held a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. His work has been published in English and Italian in numerous journals and edited collections.

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