Carbonari were a secret society divided into small covert cells scattered across Italy.
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17 Facts About Carbonari
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The Carbonari were anti-clerical in both their philosophy and programme.
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The name Carbonari identified the members as rural “charcoal-burners”; the place where they met was called a “Barack”, the members called themselves “good cousin” while people who did not belong to the Carbonari were “Pagani”.
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Aim of the Carbonari was the creation of a constitutional monarchy or a republic; they wanted to defend the rights of common people against all forms of absolutism.
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Carbonari, to achieve their purpose, talked of fomenting armed revolts.
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In 1814 the Carbonari wanted to obtain a constitution for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies by force.
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Carbonari first arose during the resistance to the French occupation, notably under Joachim Murat, the Bonapartist King of Naples.
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Carbonari were beaten but not defeated; they took part in the revolution of July 1830 that supported the liberal policy of King Louis Philippe of France on the wings of victory for the uprising in Paris.
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The Carbonari secretly continued their agitation against Austria and the governments in a friendly connection with it.
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Carbonari was to be found in Spain, but their numbers and importance were more limited than in the other Romance countries.
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Rapidly declining in influence and members, the Carbonari practically ceased to exist, although the official history of this important company had continued, wearily, until 1848.
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In particular, the dispersion of the Carbonari leaders had, at the same time, the effect of extending their influence in France.
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Carbonari aligned his forces with a faction composed of the Uruguayan Colorados and the Argentine Unitarios.
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Carbonari are mentioned prominently in the Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Red Circle", written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Carbonari are mentioned briefly in the book "Resurrection Men" by T K Welsh, in which the main character's father is a member of the secret organization.
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Carbonari are mentioned in The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian, part of the Aubrey-Maturin series.
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