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Journal Article
Mercenaris o soldats de la fe? Els zuaus pontificis en la defensa de l'Església catòlica (1860-1870)
2019
Overview
From 1861 to 1870, more than 7,000 men carne from all over Europe and even from beyond the Atlantic to voluntarily join the Papal army and defend the Holy See against the threat of Italian nationalism. Who were these men and what drove them to abandon their ordinary lives to take up arms in the defense of the Pope? Were they mercenaries in the service of a lost cause or idealistic and heroic combatants ready to sacrifice themselves for the Church, as their contemporaries saw them in contradictory views? Based on letters, journals, memoirs and various archival sources, this paper investigates the motivations and the experience of the Pontifical Zouaves.
From 1861 to 1870, more than 7,000 men carne from all over Europe and even from beyond the Atlantic to voluntarily join the Papal army and defend the Holy See against the threat of Italian nationalism. Who were these men and what drove them to abandon their ordinary lives to take up arms in the defense of the Pope? Were they mercenaries in the service of a lost cause or idealistic and heroic combatants ready to sacrifice themselves for the Church, as their contemporaries saw them in contradictory views? Based on letters, journals, memoirs and various archival sources, this paper investigates the motivations and the experience of the Pontifical Zouaves.
Desde 1861 a 1870 más de 7.000 hombres llegaron procedentes de toda Europa, incluso de más alió del Atlántico, para unirse voluntariamente al ejército papal y defender la Santo Sede contra la amenaza del nacionalismo italiano. ¿Quiénes fueron estos hombres y que les empujó o abandonar sus vidas cotidianas para tomar los armas en defensa del Popa?, ¿fueron mercenarios al servicio de una causo perdida o combatientes idealistas y heroicos listos para sacrificarse por lo Iglesia, tal y como los vieron sus contemporáneos en visiones contradictorias? A partir de cartas, diarios, memorias y diferentes fuentes de archivo, este artículo analizo las motivaciones y la experiencia de los zuavos pontificios.
