Name: Frederico Mopurgo
Class: Demagogue
Date of Birth: 15 May, 1801 (35)
Place of Birth: Genoa, Ligurian Republic, now Sardinia-Piedmont
Bio: The first and only son of a lawyer, Frederico Vittorio Mopurgo was blessed with the chance of education at the prestigious University of Turin. Intending to go into law himself, Frederico absorbed works of law, economics, history, and philosophy with a voracious appetite. His father being a enlightenment man himself and himself a secret admirer of the French Revolutionaries (at least the philosophy thereof), Frederico was likewise influenced by the ideas of liberalism and Italian nationalism throughout his time at university. This led him to come into contact with the Carbonari, a secret society of Italian revolutionaries, frustrated at the absolutism that pervaded in Italy in the years following the final defeat of Napoleon. Frederico had his first encounter with violent rebellion was in 1821, when he participated in the students' revolt.
After University, Frederico practiced law and operated as a lawyer for men of poorer class, earning support from the working class of Genoa. In 1828, however, Frederico formed an underground newspaper, the Amico del popolo (Friend of the People), advocating causes such as increased liberties, Italian nationalism, and workers' rights. The Amico del popolo continues to publish issues, warning the people that despite the new, more moderate constitution, now is not a time of complacency. And with the ideas liberalism increasingly penetrating the reactionary bulwarks of Europe, Frederico and other like-minded thinkers believe that the present is the time to strike down the old order and bring in the new.
Class: Demagogue
Date of Birth: 15 May, 1801 (35)
Place of Birth: Genoa, Ligurian Republic, now Sardinia-Piedmont
Bio: The first and only son of a lawyer, Frederico Vittorio Mopurgo was blessed with the chance of education at the prestigious University of Turin. Intending to go into law himself, Frederico absorbed works of law, economics, history, and philosophy with a voracious appetite. His father being a enlightenment man himself and himself a secret admirer of the French Revolutionaries (at least the philosophy thereof), Frederico was likewise influenced by the ideas of liberalism and Italian nationalism throughout his time at university. This led him to come into contact with the Carbonari, a secret society of Italian revolutionaries, frustrated at the absolutism that pervaded in Italy in the years following the final defeat of Napoleon. Frederico had his first encounter with violent rebellion was in 1821, when he participated in the students' revolt.
After University, Frederico practiced law and operated as a lawyer for men of poorer class, earning support from the working class of Genoa. In 1828, however, Frederico formed an underground newspaper, the Amico del popolo (Friend of the People), advocating causes such as increased liberties, Italian nationalism, and workers' rights. The Amico del popolo continues to publish issues, warning the people that despite the new, more moderate constitution, now is not a time of complacency. And with the ideas liberalism increasingly penetrating the reactionary bulwarks of Europe, Frederico and other like-minded thinkers believe that the present is the time to strike down the old order and bring in the new.
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