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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian patriot and revolutionary who played a pivotal role in the unification of Italy. Garibaldi's popularity, his skill at rousing the masses, and his military exploits are all credited with making the unification of Italy possible. He also served as a global exemplar of mid-nineteenth century revolutionary nationalism and liberalism. But following the liberation of southern Italy from the Neapolitan monarchy, Garibaldi chose to sacrifice his liberal republican principles for the sake of unification. Garibaldi subscribed to the anti-clericalism common among Italian liberals and did much to circumscribe the temporal power of the Papacy. His personal convictions bordered on atheism; he wrote in 1882, 'Man created God, not God Man.' An active freemason, Garibaldi had little use for rituals, but thought of masonry as a network to unite progressive men as brothers both within nations and as members of a global community. | Subjects: | portrait (Garibaldi) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Monica, G. della, (Italian artist, active mid 19th century) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8462... | Go to resource |
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