Editing Unification of Italy (section)

===Piedmont insurrection===
[[File:Arresto pellico maroncelli.jpg|thumb|right|''The Arrest of Silvio Pellico and Piero Maroncelli'', [[Saluzzo]], civic museum]]
The leader of the 1821 revolutionary movement in [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Piedmont]] was [[Santorre di Santarosa]], who wanted to remove the Austrians and unify Italy under the [[House of Savoy]]. The Piedmont revolt started in [[Alessandria]], where troops adopted the green, white, and red [[Flag of Italy|''tricolore'']] of the [[Cisalpine Republic]]. King [[Victor Emmanuel I]] abdicated in response, and the regent for the new king, Prince [[Charles Albert of Sardinia|Charles Albert]], approved a new [[constitution]] to appease the revolutionaries, but when King [[Charles Felix of Sardinia|Charles Felix]] returned he disavowed the constitution and requested assistance from the [[Holy Alliance]]. Di Santarosa's troops were defeated, and the would-be Piedmontese revolutionary fled to [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Broers |first1=Michael |title=Revolution as Vendetta: Patriotism in Piedmont, 1794–1821 |journal=The Historical Journal |date=September 1990 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=573–597 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X00013534 }}</ref>

In [[Milan]], [[Silvio Pellico]] and Pietro Maroncelli organized several attempts to weaken the hold of the Austrian despotism by indirect educational means. In October 1820, Pellico and Maroncelli were arrested on the charge of carbonarism and imprisoned.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shapiro |first1=Gavriel |title=Nabokov and Pellico: Invitation to a Beheading and My Prisons |journal=Comparative Literature |date=2010 |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=55–67 |doi=10.1215/00104124-2009-032 |jstor=40600349 }}</ref>