Giovanni Maria Angioy - Conclusion

Conclusion

Angioy failed in his effort to reform and change the social and economic structure of Sardinia, despite enjoying a great support initially. With hindsight, his views were probably too radical and too advanced for the times and the context where he was acting. On the one hand, the Sardinian nobility that started the revolt was not interested in implementing any real change to the economic and social structure, as they were mainly interested in being allowed to have a share of the power. As a matter of fact, some decades later the "five requests" were issued, the House of Savoy eventually agreed to some of these requests but the Sardinian nobility gathered their parliament, the Stamenti, to decline the concessions offered by the House of Savoy: in fact, by that time the Sardinian nobility was being given an increasing role in the administration of Sardinia and had thus reached their goal already. On the other hand, the Sardinian people were too suspicious of the radical changes and ideas that Angioy expressed: certainly the excess of the French Revolution, contemporary to the Sardinian events, were driving many potential sympathisers away. Throughout the events that shaped the history of Sardinia, Angioy demonstrated a high sense of duty and willingness to work for improving the conditions of the people in Sardinia.

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Name Angioy, Giovanni Maria
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Date of birth 21 October 1751
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Date of death 22 February 1808
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