The Great Romania according to the „Corriere della Sera” in the first year from the Union proclamation Cover Image

La Grande Romania secondo il ”Corriere della Sera” nel primo anno dalla proclamazione dell’Unione
The Great Romania according to the „Corriere della Sera” in the first year from the Union proclamation

Author(s): Patrizio Trequatrini
Subject(s): Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: „Corriere della Sera”; Great Romania; Union’s Proclamation; First World War; Versailles Peace Treaties;

Summary/Abstract: In the first paragraph, information are provided about the newspaper’s foundation, its political and cultural approach, its gradual publishing development until the first years of the 20 th century, when it became the first newspaper in Italy. The second paragraph provides guidance about the amount of articles published in the first year after Alba Iulia’s Declaration and about topics covered in the newspaper, about Great Romania. In the following report a list of issues of the several published articles can be found: Italian-Romanian brotherhood; domestic and political situation; royal family’s affairs; Romania’s serious situation after Austrian-German invasion; relationship between Romania and Bulgaria; annexation of the new regions to Romania; Romanian dissatisfaction for obtained areas; the 1916 Treaty; the Banat matter; relations between Romania and the Bolschevik Hungary; relations between Romania and great powers, protagonists of the Peace Conference. The following report presents and mentions more than sixty articles out of the total eightyones, which were published in the first year after the Great Union. It groups them according to issues and it begins from the less frequent matters to get to those much more debated by „Corriere della Sera”. In the final part some conclusions are drawn, based on what the analysis of the newspaper articles has shown, and they concern the attitude of „Corriere della Sera” in respect of Great Romania, in its first year of life. The most influential Italian newspaper took a favorable position towards Romania and its territorial aspirations, in the most important year of the Paris Conference.

  • Issue Year: LVIII/2019
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 153-169
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Italian