Risorgimento (Italian “Resurrection,” “Resurgence”) was the title of a daily newspaper founded by Cesare Balbo in the autumn of 1847 and edited, from 1848/49, by Camillo Benso di Cavour. It represented the classical liberal-conservative, monarchist, pro-Piedmontese wing of the Italian liberation and unification movement (Freedom). Towards the end of the 19th century, the term became established to describe the diverse movements tha…