History

Chapter 5 of Valerio Lintner’s A Traveller’s History of Italy

• Why does Lintner call Italy “The Pawn in the Game?

• How should we describe Italy’s economic situation of Italy across this period?

• What was happening in the social realm? What were the demographic trends? • Can we construct a timeline for this period? What turning points do we need to highlight?

• Accomplishments? Major problems?

• Major figures?

• What impact did Napoleon have on the course of Italy’s history?