In 1820, there was a famous episode of goliardery at the Caffè dell’Ussero in Pisa, which was described by Ersilio Michel in Maestri e scolari dell’Università di Pisa nel Risorgimento nazionale (Sansoni, 1949). A certain Ricci, a student from Livorno, stood up on a table and read out a witty satire in sextains, poking fun at the more polite and moderate students: he imagined them forming their own monarchic government, with the King granting them court appointments and instituting a Chivalric Order of Dunces. The next morning, Ricci was sent down from the University and given two hours to leave Pisa.