See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT CESARE See also:

• COUNT CESARE BALBO (1789–1853)

BALBO (1789–1853)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian writer and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TURIN

Turin on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1789 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Prospero See also:

• BALBO, CESARE, COUNT (1789–1853)

Balbo, who belonged to a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble Piedmontese See also:

• FAMILY

family, held a high position in the Sardinian See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Cesare's See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth was See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, a member of the See also:

• AZEGLIO, MASSIMO TAPARELLI, MARQUIS

Azeglio family, died when he was three years old; and he was brought up in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of his See also:

• GREAT

great-grandmother, the countess of Bugino . In 1798 he joined his father at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . From i8o8 to 1814 Balbo served in various capacities under the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic. See also:

• EMPIRE

empire at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, Paris and in See also:

• ILLYRIA

Illyria . On the fall of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon he entered the service of his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . While his father was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the interior, he entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and undertook See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions to Paris and See also:

• LONDON

London . On the outbreak of the revolution of 1821, of which he disapproved, although he was suspected of sympathizing with it, he was forced into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile; and though not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after he was allowed to return to See also:

• PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont, all public service was denied him . Reluctantly, and with frequent endeavours to obtain some See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, he gave himself up to literature as the only means See also:

• LEFT

left him to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the destinies of his country . This accounts for the fitfulness and incompleteness of so much of his See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work, and for the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical, and in many cases temporary, See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element which runs through even his most elaborate productions . The great See also:

• OBJECT

object of his labours was to help in securing the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy from See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . Of true Italian unity he had no expectation and no See also:

• DESIRE

desire, but he was devoted to the house of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy, which he foresaw was destined to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change the See also:

• FATE

fate of Italy .

A See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation of See also:

• SEPARATE

separate states under the supremacy of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope was the genuine ideal of Balbo, as it was the ostensible one of See also:

• GIOBERTI, VINCENZO (18oI-1852)

Gioberti . But Gioberti, in his See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

Primate, seemed to him to neglect the first essential of independence, which he accordingly inculcated in his Speranze or Hopes of Italy, in which he suggests that See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria should seek See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation in the Balkans for the inevitable loss of her Italian provinces . Preparation, both military and moral, alertness and See also:

• PATIENCE

patience were his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant theme . He did not desire revolution, but reform; and thus he became the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a moderate party, and the steady opponent not only of despotism but of See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy . At last in 1848 his hopes were to some extent satisfied by the constitution granted by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . He was appointed a member of the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on the electoral See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and became first constitutional See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime-minister of Piedmont, but only held See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office a few months . With the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of d'Azeglio, which soon after got into See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, he was on friendly terms, and his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen continued the active See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of his political principles till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1853 . The most important of his writings are historico-political, and derive at once their See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

majesty and their weakness from his theocratic theory of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is clear and vigorous, and not unfrequently terse and epigrammatic . He published Quattro Novelle in 1829; Storia d'Italia sotto i Barbari in 1830; Vita di See also:

• DANTE

Dante, 1839; Meditazioni Storiche, 1842–1845; Le Speranze d'Italia, 1844; Pensierisulla Storia d'Italia, 1858; Della Monarchia rappresentativa in Italia (Florence, 1857) . See E . Ricotti, Della Vita e degli Scritti di Cesare Balbe (1856) ; A .

Vismara, Bibliografia di Cesare Balbo (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1882) .