1.0Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torinohttps://bnuto.cultura.gov.it/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QvoeVcla7o"><a href="https://bnuto.cultura.gov.it/en/a-savoy/">A Savoy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://bnuto.cultura.gov.it/en/a-savoy/embed/#?secret=QvoeVcla7o" width="600" height="338" title="“A Savoy” — Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino" data-secret="QvoeVcla7o" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://bnuto.cultura.gov.it/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Throughout her life Queen Margaret displayed a very strong dynastic feeling, proud to be a Savoy princess and devoted to the glory and prestige of her family. Margaret gave this feeling a nationalistic and militaristic color, combined with an unshakeable certainty in a value system that placed the Throne, in alliance with the Altar, above all else, according to a paternalistic and absolutist conception of monarchy.  After the death of Victor Emmanuel II, so beloved by the people, Umberto and Margherita embarked on a program of ten trips around Italy in order to quell the country’s anti-monarchist spirits and familiarize themselves with their subjects. It was an operation desired by the government and well prepared, which reached its highest point on November 6, 1878, when in Bologna the queen collected the tribute of the republican Giosuè Carducci, then the greatest living Italian poet, who had cursed mitres and crowns. However, the Italy visited by the sovereigns, that of the cities, did not fully reflect the reality of the country, where the vast majority of the population, 70 percent of the total, lived in conditions that were often truly miserable and in any case of great cultural, hygienic and sanitary backwardness.      The failed assassination attempt on the king conducted on November 17, 1878, by the unemployed young man Giovanni Passannante, during the sovereigns visit to Naples, shook Margherita to the core,...