ABSTRACT
The complicated point and counterpoint between revolution and political change which had marked the aftermath of revolution in the Papal Legations was an extreme form of the interrelationship visible in virtually all the countries affected by the crisis of 1830. Elsewhere, of course, the content was rarely so obscured by the form of revolution as was the case in Emilia-Romagna.That it was so different there is further evidence that, although the movements of 1830 both sprang from basically similar and interconnected causes and developed their own momentum on the European level, they also all had distinct personalities. For all that contemporary statesmen felt themselves facing a single challenge, this was not really so. The case-histories show that, while there was a diplomatic shape to the crisis on the European level, this is not a sufficient explanation of the way the revolutionary and political movements actually evolved. Their tempi and keys were ultimately determined by native factors in most cases. So when we come to look, as we now must, at the wherefores of the revolutions of 1830 this must be kept in mind.
