This study takes into consideration some aspects of the activity of spies in the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy and Veneto soon after 1848. These informers reported to the government on the political sentiments of urban populations. In so doing, they portrayed the image of an intensely sociable environment, depending upon a wide variety of public places frequented by a significant part of the local citizens without rigid class distinction. The entire urban population appeared to have been interested in politics and showed a clear awareness of its being a political subject in its own right, regardless of any loyalty owed to the sovereign. Spies became interpreters of this specific urban culture. Though they often expressed sympathy for the view points and political culture of the Austrian authorities, their reports, on the whole, went in the opposite direction, giving strength and consistency to the culture of the rising civil society.
Il contributo esamina l'attività degli informatori lombardo-veneti, che a metà Ottocento tengono sotto osservazione la popolazione urbana per individuarne le inclinazioni politiche. Le loro relazioni evidenziano una socialità intensa, appoggiata a una fitta trama di locali pubblici, frequentati da numerosa popolazione senza distinzioni rigide di ceto. Tutta la cittadinanza si mostra interessata alla politica e consapevole di sé come soggetto autonomo rispetto all'autorità sovrana. Gli informatori si fanno interpreti di questa cultura e, nonostante esprimano la propria adesione all'ideologia di governo, con le loro parole contribuiscono a dare forza e coerenza a quella concorrente.
Spiare il popolo nel primo Ottocento: gli informatori di polizia lombardo-veneti interpreti dello spazio pubblico cittadino
MORI, Simona Maria Frances
2009-01-01
Abstract
This study takes into consideration some aspects of the activity of spies in the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy and Veneto soon after 1848. These informers reported to the government on the political sentiments of urban populations. In so doing, they portrayed the image of an intensely sociable environment, depending upon a wide variety of public places frequented by a significant part of the local citizens without rigid class distinction. The entire urban population appeared to have been interested in politics and showed a clear awareness of its being a political subject in its own right, regardless of any loyalty owed to the sovereign. Spies became interpreters of this specific urban culture. Though they often expressed sympathy for the view points and political culture of the Austrian authorities, their reports, on the whole, went in the opposite direction, giving strength and consistency to the culture of the rising civil society.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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