Victorian crusaders : British and Irish volunteers in the papal army, 1860-70 / Nicholas Schofield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schofield, Nicholas, author.

Contributor:

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Series:

From musket to Maxim 1815-1914 ; 23.

From musket to Maxim 1815-1914 ; no. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military service, Voluntary--Italy--Papal States--History--19th century.

Military service, Voluntary.

Papal States--History, Military--19th century.

Papal States.

Papal States--Politics and government--1815-1870.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Warwick, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Risorgimento and Anti-Risorgimento

2. The Papal States in Peril

pt. I The Battalion of St Patrick (1860)

3. The Raising of the Irish Battalion

4. The Piedmontese Invasion of Umbria and the Marches

5. The Battle of Castelfidardo

6. Last Stand at Ancona

7. Legacy and Continuity

pt. II The Pontifical Zouaves (1861-1870)

8. `Z' is for Zouave

9. The Failed Revolution of 1867

10. The Battle of Mentana

11. Reform and Internationalisation of the Pontifical Army

12. British and Irish Recruits

13. `Far, far from our wild northern home!': Daily Life in Rome

14. Endgame: 20 September 1870

15. Afterlife

Conclusion

Appendices

I. The Cast of Characters

II. A List of English and Welsh Zouaves

III. Note on Uniforms

IV. Orders of Battles - Castelfidardo and Mentana.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781915070531

1915070538

OCLC:

1269618045

Publisher Number:

99992328571