A Companion to Early Modern Naples (Brill's Companions to European History)

The new essays in this volume aim to introduce early modern Naples - the largest city in the Spanish global empire and one of Europe's largest cities - to readers unfamiliar with its history. Contents List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits Author Biographies Introduction:“Naples is the Whole World” Part One The City 1. Constructing the Past of Early Modern Naples: Sources and Historiography 2. Urban Structures and Population 3. Representation and Self-Perception: Plans and Views of Naples in the Early Modern Period Part Two Economy and Politics 4. Economy and Finance in Early Modern Naples 5. Governing the City 6. Political History 7. Nation and Ceremony: Political Uses of Urban Space in Viceregal Naples Part Three Society and Religion 8. The Space of Women 9. The Naples Elites betwen City and Kingdom 10. A Mediterranean Port in the Confessional Age: Religious Minorities in Early Modern Naples 11. Inquisition and Church in Early Modern Naples 12. Public Rituals and Festivals in Naples, 1503–1799 13. Tempi sì calamitosi: Epidemic Disease and Public Health Part Four Culture, Art, and Intellectual Life 14. The Visual Arts 15. The City’s Architecture 16. Neapolitan Musical Culture in the Early Modern Period 17. Royal and Viceregal Art Patronage in Naples (1500–1800) 18. The Enlightenment in Naples 19. Literary Culture in Naples, 1500–1800 20. Locating the Natural Sciences in Early Modern Naples Conclusion: Why Naples’s History Matters Glossary of Important Italian Terms Used in Several Essays Kings, Viceroys, and Archbishops Bibliography Index Illustrations Naples was one of the largest cities in early modern Europe, and for about two centuries the largest city in the global empire ruled by the kings of Spain. Its crowded and noisy streets, the height of its buildings, the number and wealth of its churches and palaces, the celebrated natural beauty of its location, the many antiquities scattered in its environs, the fiery volcano looming over it, the drama of its people's devotions, the size and liveliness - to put it mildly - of its plebs, all made Naples renowned and at times notorious across Europe. The new essays in this volume aim to introduce this important, fascinating, and bewildering city to readers unfamiliar with its history.Contributors are: Tommaso Astarita, John Marino, Giovanni Muto, Vladimiro Valerio, Gaetano Sabatini, Aurelio Musi, Giulio Sodano, Carlos José Hernando Sánchez, Elisa Novi Chavarria, Gabriel Guarino, Giovanni Romeo, Peter Mazur, Angelantonio Spagnoletti, J. Nicholas Napoli, Gaetana Cantone, Anthony DelDonna, Sean Cocco, Melissa Calaresu, Nancy Canepa, David Gentilcore, Diana Carrió-Invernizzi, and Anna Maria Rao.The publisher, editor, and contributors mourn the passing of Gaetana Cantone, who died in April 2013. Naples was one of the largest cities in early modern Europe, and for about two centuries the largest city in the global empire ruled by the kings of Spain. Its crowded and noisy streets, the height of its buildings, the number and wealth of its churches and palaces, the celebrated natural beauty of its location, the many antiquities scattered in its environs, the fiery volcano looming over it, the drama of its peoples devotions, the size and liveliness - to put it mildly - of its plebs, all made Naples renowned and at times notorious across Europe. The new essays in this volume aim to introduce this important, fascinating, and bewildering city to readers unfamiliar with its history. Contributors are: Tommaso Astarita, John Marino, Giovanni Muto, Vladimiro Valerio, Gaetano Sabatini, Aurelio Musi, Giulio Sodano, Carlos Jos Hernando Snchez, Elisa Novi Chavarria, Gabriel Guarino, Giovanni Romeo, Peter Mazur, Angelantonio Spagnoletti, J. Nicholas Napoli, Gaetana Cantone, Anthony DelDonna, Sean Cocco, Melissa Calaresu, Nancy Canepa, David Gentilcore, Diana Carri-Invernizzi, and Anna Maria Rao. The publisher, editor, and contributors mourn the passing of Gaetana Cantone, who died in April 2013. "Naples was one of the largest cities in early modern Europe, and for about two centuries the largest city in the global empire ruled by the kings of Spain. Its crowded and noisy streets, the height of its buildings, the number and wealth of its churches and palaces, the celebrated natural beauty of its location, the many antiquities scattered in its environs, the fiery volcano looming over it, the drama of its people's devotions, the size and liveliness - to put it mildly - of its plebs, all made Naples renowned and at times notorious across Europe. The new essays in this volume aim tointroduce this important, fascinating, and bewildering city to readers unfamiliar with its history". --Page 4 de la couverture