Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . z mZ z w IX, z QW z w o J-Jw> wJOQi w a,I STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 307 Parma should be given to the Duke of Lucca, whose duchy was to betransferred to Tuscany, while the latter was to cede certain districts tothe Duke of Modena. This elaborate arrangement based altogetherupon dynastic interests,
Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . z mZ z w IX, z QW z w o J-Jw> wJOQi w a,I STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 307 Parma should be given to the Duke of Lucca, whose duchy was to betransferred to Tuscany, while the latter was to cede certain districts tothe Duke of Modena. This elaborate arrangement based altogetherupon dynastic interests, without any regard to the wishes of the peopleconcerned, was now carried out. Riots ensued, and Francis V of Mo-dena invited the Austrians to occupy his duchy. In Southern Italy themovement was more violent in proportion to the evils it had to threw off the Neapolitan yoke, and a provisional government wasestablished at Palermo, under Riggiero Settimo (January 24, 1848). Arising in Naples forced Ferdinand II to dismiss his ministers and to granta liberal constitution (February loth). The scruples of Charles Albertwere removed when he found himself on the same side as the Pope,and early in 1848 he drew up a constitution for Piedmont, the StatutoFondamentale, which w
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