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== Causes and nature of the revolutions of 1848 ==
== Causes and nature of the revolutions of 1848 ==
[[File:Sicily map.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Map of [[Sicily]] ]]
[[File:Sicily map.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Map of [[Sicily]]
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The people of Sicily rose up against their king on January 12, 1848.<ref>[https://ehne.fr/en/encyclopedia/themes/political-europe/1848-european-people%E2%80%99s-spring/1848-european-people%E2%80%99s-spring 1848, the European People’s Spring]</ref> [[Turin]] and [[Florence]] experienced civil unrest one month later.<ref>[https://ehne.fr/en/encyclopedia/themes/political-europe/1848-european-people%E2%80%99s-spring/1848-european-people%E2%80%99s-spring 1848, the European People’s Spring]</ref>
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The Digital Encyclopedia of European History article ''1848, the European People’s Spring'' indicates:
The Digital Encyclopedia of European History article ''1848, the European People’s Spring'' indicates:
{{Cquote|In 1848, a revolutionary wave shook the conservative order that had presided over the fate of Europe since the fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Rebellions drove out sovereigns or forced them to grant a constitution, and established new regimes founded on national sovereignty and fundamental rights. This was the “People’s Spring.” The European dimension of the event is undeniable, although its form and content remain open to debate...
{{Cquote|In 1848, a revolutionary wave shook the conservative order that had presided over the fate of Europe since the fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Rebellions drove out sovereigns or forced them to grant a constitution, and established new regimes founded on national sovereignty and fundamental rights. This was the “People’s Spring.” The European dimension of the event is undeniable, although its form and content remain open to debate...