Sicily and the Enlightenment
The World of Domenico Caracciolo, Thinker and Reformer
Seiten
2016
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78453-575-9 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78453-575-9 (ISBN)
The colourful world of 18th century European politics as revealed by through the writings of a leading Italian statesman.
Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the 18th-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge correspondence, with his diplomatic despatches and other official writing, is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the 18th-century European elite with all its extravagance and scandalous behaviour but, even more importantly, it is an account of an Enlightenment struggle against the increasingly outdated clerical and feudal rule in Sicily. Caracciolo was an abrasive and combative official and politician and vigorous scion of the Enlightenment. In this book, Angus Campbell provides a detailed portrait of Caracciolo and of the political, social, economic, legal and cultural context in which he lived and worked. In doing so, he provides a unique vantage point on the European diplomatic culture of the 18th century.
Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the 18th-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge correspondence, with his diplomatic despatches and other official writing, is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the 18th-century European elite with all its extravagance and scandalous behaviour but, even more importantly, it is an account of an Enlightenment struggle against the increasingly outdated clerical and feudal rule in Sicily. Caracciolo was an abrasive and combative official and politician and vigorous scion of the Enlightenment. In this book, Angus Campbell provides a detailed portrait of Caracciolo and of the political, social, economic, legal and cultural context in which he lived and worked. In doing so, he provides a unique vantage point on the European diplomatic culture of the 18th century.
Angus Campbell is an independent researcher, translator and writer.
Part I - DIPLOMAT (allegro con spirito)
Beginnings
Turin
London
Paris
Part II - INTERMEZZO
Why was He the Choice?
What Awaited Him
Part III - VICEROY (vivace assai)
Settling In
Abolition of the Inquisition
Clearing the Decks
Broadside
Picking Up
Part IV - PRIME MINISTER (andante sostenuto)
Naples at Last
CONCLUSION
Notes
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 bw illus |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78453-575-3 / 1784535753 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78453-575-9 / 9781784535759 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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