La rivoluzione di Milano dell'Aprile 1814

This volume offers a close‑up look at the tumult that swept Milan in April 1814, when the collapse of Napoleon’s Italian Kingdom ignited a sudden surge of popular and political unrest. Drawing on Senate minutes, contemporary newspapers, and first‑hand testimonies, the narrative reconstructs the street clashes, the hurried deliberations of lawmakers, and the immediate reactions of both the Austrian authorities and the local populace.

The authors adopt a measured stance, weighing the many partisan reports that followed the events and teasing out the strands of truth that lie beneath the polemics. Their investigation reveals how the Senate sought to defend its actions, how military figures like General Pino responded to criticism, and how the episode planted seeds of a broader Italian national awareness.

Listeners will find a richly documented portrait of a city at a crossroads, where ideas of liberty, civic duty, and emerging liberalism began to surface amid the chaos of a fading empire.