BOOKS - HISTORY - A Companion to Early Modern Naples
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A Companion to Early Modern Naples
Author: Editor Tommaso Astarita
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 600
Format: PDF
File size: 22.9 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 600
Format: PDF
File size: 22.9 MB
Language: ENG
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.