How did the Treaty of Vienna affect Italy?

The Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont)
1. 1814 - Victor Emmanuel returned to Piedmont
  1. Immediatly began to restore it to an absolutist state.
  2. The Code Napoleon was revoked as were various rights to trial
  3. No laws passed after 1800 were recognised
  4. The church was restored to it's pre-Napoleon power
  5. The Port and State of Genoa was granted to the House of Savoy
Lombardy and Venice
1. In 1814 Lombardy returned to Austrian control
2. At the Treaty of Vienna Lombardy was made stronger by an annexation with Venice
The Papal States
1. Pope Pius VII was restored to his position as spiritual and temporal ruler of the Papal States.
  1. The Code Napoleon was banished in the majority of the Papal States and the Papal legal codes re-established
  2. Austrian Influence over the region was considerably increased by the fact that Austrian armed forces were to be stationed in the Papal States.
2. In Emilia-Romagna the Code Napoleon remained
The Central Duchies
1. Firmly under Austrian control
  1. Grand Duke, Ferdinand III was the brother of the Austrian Emperor and he became ruler of Tuscany
    1. He was actually less repressive than other restoration rulers
      1. He and his first minister , Victor Fossombroni:
        Improved Education
        Set up hospitals and food relief during the 1815-1816 outbreak of Typhus
        Allowed freedom of expression which was not allowed in the rest of Italy
  2. Maria Louis of Bourbon-Parma was the daughter of the Austrian Emperor and until 1810 Napoleon's wife. She became ruler of Parma
    1. She scrapped the Code Napoleon in 1820
      1. Replaced it with something similar
  3. Modena
    1. Duke Francis IV became the ruler of Modena
      1. He was very repressive
        Reinstated the Jesuit's order to influence the Modenese.
  4. Parma
  5. Tuscany
The Kingdom of Naples
1. The Bourbon King, Ferdinand I was restored in 1815
  1. He made vague promises about maintaining the French/British legacy in Naples and Sicily
    1. However this was not the case
      1. The Church was restored to its position of power
      2. Many of the French's liberal projects such as road building and extending education were abandoned
      3. In Sicily 1816 the constitution was destroyed
Conclusion:
1. The Vienna settlement failed to wipe out all traces of Napoleonic rule in Italy
2. Austrian influence over Italy was considerable and Metternich's insistence that all traces of liberal government were to be suppressed was generally followed
3. There was no agitation for a form of united Italy
4. There were a number of Italians who hope for an end to absolutist monarchy
5. The secret societies in particular were prepared to act in the name of change
6. There was significant economic disparity between the different regions of the Italian peninsular
Metternich
1. Austrian Foreign Minister, Prince Klemens Metternich
2. The Treaty of Vienna mainly reflected his wishes
  1. In 1815 Metternich's wish was to restore the old pre-1796 order

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