Medieval History Studies and Political Pressure at the North-Eastern Italian Border (1881-1915)
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Italian mother tongue local Historians that studied Eastern Friuli’s, Trieste’s and Istria’s medieval history between last quarter of the Nineteenth Century and the outbreak of the First World War were usually absorbed in complaining the Italian character of these regions. This common aim was, however, put into effect in different ways depending on the places where these researchers studied. For Friulian historians it was primarily about staking Gorizia from Italy, and above all Trieste. For Istrians it was a priority to defend themselves against the Slavic historians, who questioned the Italian tradition of the region. Lastly, for Trieste inhabitants became urgent the need to defend the Italian character of the town – already felt during the second part of the Nineteenth Century – at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, when the threat of the claim of a Slavic membership was much stronger.
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