Giustino Fortunato
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Giustino Fortunato was an italian
historian and politician.
(Basilicata
), from a noble family. His homonym uncle was the prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
from 1849 to 1852. Fortunato studied at the Jesuit College and then studied law at the university in Naples
. After the degree, he founded the journals Unità Nazionale and Patria. On May
1880, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
.
Fortunato, along with other politician like Pasquale Villari
, Francesco Saverio Nitti
, Gaetano Salvemini
formed a group of socio-political thinker called “meridionalisti” (“southernist”), in order to solve the economic problems of southern Italy after the Risorgimento. Fortunato and others made the strong claim that the economic policies of the central government of the new state discriminated against the interests of the south while favoring those of north.
In his last years he moved away from his native country because of misunderstanding of his fellow citizens and two incidents that showed the ingratitude of the people, such as in 1917, when he was stabbed by a farmer in Rionero, which accused him of having supported the war
. Fortunato died in Naples at the age of 83.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
historian and politician.
Biography
He was born in Rionero in VultureRionero in Vulture
Rionero in Vulture is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is located on the slopes of Monte Vulture in the northern part of the region of Basilicata.-History:...
(Basilicata
Basilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...
), from a noble family. His homonym uncle was the prime minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, commonly known as the Two Sicilies even before formally coming into being, was the largest and wealthiest of the Italian states before Italian unification...
from 1849 to 1852. Fortunato studied at the Jesuit College and then studied law at the university in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. After the degree, he founded the journals Unità Nazionale and Patria. On May
May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
1880, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
.
Fortunato, along with other politician like Pasquale Villari
Pasquale Villari
Pasquale Villari was an Italian historian and politician.-Early life and publications:Villari was born in Naples and took part in the risings of 1848 there against the Bourbons and subsequently fled to Florence...
, Francesco Saverio Nitti
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Francesco Saverio Vincenzo de Paola Nitti was an Italian economist and political figure. A Radical, he served as the 36th Prime Minister of Italy between 1919 and 1920....
, Gaetano Salvemini
Gaetano Salvemini
Gaetano Salvemini was an Italian anti-fascist politician, historian and writer.- Biography :Salvemini was born in Molfetta, Apulia....
formed a group of socio-political thinker called “meridionalisti” (“southernist”), in order to solve the economic problems of southern Italy after the Risorgimento. Fortunato and others made the strong claim that the economic policies of the central government of the new state discriminated against the interests of the south while favoring those of north.
In his last years he moved away from his native country because of misunderstanding of his fellow citizens and two incidents that showed the ingratitude of the people, such as in 1917, when he was stabbed by a farmer in Rionero, which accused him of having supported the war
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Fortunato died in Naples at the age of 83.
Works
- Ricordi di Napoli, Milano, Treves, (1874).
- I Napoletani del 1799, Firenze, G. Barbèra, (1884).
- Santa Maria di Vitalba, Trani, V. Vecchi, (1898).
- Rionero medievale, Trani, V. Vecchi, (1899).
- Notizie storiche della Valle di Vitalba, 6 voll., Trani, V. Vecchi, (1898-1904).
- Il Mezzogiorno e lo Stato italiano. Discorsi politici, 1880-1910, 2 voll., Bari, Laterza, (1911).
- Pagine e ricordi parlamentari, I, Bari, Laterza, 1920; II, Firenze, A. Vallecchi, (1927).
- Riccardo da Venosa e il suo tempo, Trani, Vecchi e C., (1918).
- Rileggendo Orazio, in "Nuova Antologia", (1924).
- Le strade ferrate dell'Ofanto, 1880-97, Firenze, Vallecchi, (1927).
- Carteggio tra Giustino Fortunato e Umberto Zanotti-Bianco, Roma, Collezione meridionale editrice, (1972).
- Carteggio, Roma-Bari, Laterza, (1978-1981).
- Giustino Fortunato e il Senato. Carteggio, 1909-1930, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, (2003).
Honors
- Order of Saints Maurice and LazarusOrder of Saints Maurice and LazarusThe Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus is an order of chivalry awarded by the House of Savoy, the heads of which were formerly Kings of Italy...
, Commander, 1891