History A-Level
Cavour's political strategy and the Connubio
What Cavour's political strategy and the Connubio means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cavour's political strategy and the Connubio
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Cavour used the Connubio, a centrist alliance between his centre-right and Rattazzi's centre-left, to marginalise radical and clerical extremes and create political stability.
Topics that use Cavour's political strategy and the Connubio
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 2 The rise of Piedmont, 1849–56 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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