Volunteers and soldiers in the Lodi region during the Risorgimento. Graffignana society by enrolment registers
Journal title STORIA IN LOMBARDIA
Author/s Antonio Cardinale
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2012/1-2
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 7-24 File size 716 KB
DOI 10.3280/SIL2012-001001
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During the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unity, the society structure of Graffignana, a rural community in the Lodi region, has been pieced together, on the basis of the 1855-80 enrolment registers available at the town archives. In this community, agricultural labourers, land gentry and tenant farmers made up 80% of listed adult males. In a certain amount also members of lower social classes owned small properties. Industry was absent. The author asserts that the lasting large possessions owned by the Belgioioso family conditioned economic life and social relations in that period. Large possessions could also have concurred to a demographic growth, limited but higher than in nearest villages. Illiteracy attained a level higher than average values in Lombardy, but closer to national standards. Health conditions of conscripts highlight a large diffusion of diseases by lack of a proper diet. In Graffignana events of patriots participating to the Risorgimento also occurred.
Keywords: Volunteers, soldiers, Lodi region, Risorgimento, Graffignana
Antonio Cardinale, Volontari e soldati del lodigiano nel risorgimento. La società di Graffignana dai registri di arruolamento in "STORIA IN LOMBARDIA" 1-2/2012, pp 7-24, DOI: 10.3280/SIL2012-001001