Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

CAVALLOTTI, FELICE (1842-1898)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 563 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

CAVALLOTTI, FELICE (1842-1898) , See also:Italian politician, poet and dramatic author, was See also:born at See also:Milan on the 6th of See also:November 1842. In 1860 and 1866 he fought with the Garibaldian See also:Corps, but first attained notoriety by his See also:anti-monarchical lampoons in the Gazzetta di Milano and in the Gazzettina See also:Rosa between 1866 and 1872. Elected to See also:parliament as See also:deputy for Corteolona in the latter See also:year, he took the See also:oath of See also:allegiance after having publicly impugned its validity. Eloquence and turbulent, combativeness in and out of parliament secured for him the See also:leader-See also:ship of the extreme See also:Left on the See also:death of See also:Bertani in 1886.. During his twelve years' leadership his party increased in number from twenty to seventy, and at the See also:time of his death his See also:parliamentary See also:influence was greater than ever before. Though ambitious and addicted to defamatory methods of See also:personal attack which sometimes savoured of See also:political See also:blackmail, Cavallotti's eloquent advocacy of democratic reform, and apparent generosity of sentiment, secured for him a popularity surpassed by that of no contemporary See also:save See also:Crispi. Services rendered in the See also:cholera epidemic of 1885, his numerous lawsuits and See also:thirty-three duels, his See also:bitter See also:campaign against Crispi, and his championship of See also:French interests, combined to enhance his notoriety and to increase his political influence. By skilful alliances with the See also:marquis di Rudini he more than once obtained See also:practical See also:control of the Italian See also:government, and exacted notable concessions to See also:Radical demands. He was killed on the 6th of See also:March 1898 in a See also:duel with See also:Count Macola, editor of the conservative Gazetta di Venezia, whom he had assailed with characteristic intemperance of See also:language. By his death the See also:house of See also:Savoy lost a relentless foe, and the revolutionary elements in See also:Italy a gifted, if not entirely trustworthy, leader. (H. W.

End of Article: CAVALLOTTI, FELICE (1842-1898)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
CAVALLO, TIBERIUS (1749-1809) 		[next]
CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries