First neoclassical, he then became a leading exponent of Italian romanticism;
His grandfather was Cesare Beccaria (1738 – 1794), an illuminist, author of “Dei delitti e delle pene”;
First Manzoni was anticlerical; he later converted to Catholicism. It was a conversion favored by his marriage to Enrichetta Blondel;
Strong conception of providence for Manzoni and trust in the will of God;
“Sacred hymns” (compositions of a religious nature composed between 1812 and 1822);
“March 1821” (published in 1848, dedicated to the Piedmontese carbon movements of 1821); “Il cinque maggio” (published in 1821 facing the death of Napoleon);
“Il Conte di Carmagnola“: tragedy composed between 1816 and 1819, published in January 1820:
First writing of the opera “The Betrothed” occurred when Manzoni wrote the opera “Fermo e Lucia” in 1821, leaving it unpublished; the first original edition of the historical novel (set in Lombardy) “The Betrothed” will instead be officially published in 1827 for the first time. Other revisions of the novel will then be published in 1840 and 1842.
He will be appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, will be a supporter of anti-Austrian politics;
