Table of Contents

List of abbreviations; Introduction Girolamo Imbruglia; 1. The capital and the provinces Maria Grazia Maiorini; 2. The court: power relations and forms of social life Giovanni Montroni; 3. The arrogance of the market: the economy of the kingdom between the Mediterranean and Europe Biagio Salvemini; 4. Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Naples Girolamo Imbruglia; 5. The feudal question, judicial systems and the Enlightenment Anna Maria Rao; 6. Intellectuals and academies Elvira Chiosi; 7. Music and Enlightenment Renato Di Benedetto; 8. Antiquarian studies in Naples at the end of the eighteenth century. From comparative archaeology to comparative religion Alain Schnapp; 9. How not to finish a revolution Antonino De Francesco; Bibliography; Index of names.

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This volume contains essays on the political and cultural importance of Naples in the eighteenth century.

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'Girolamo Imbruglia's edited collection of essays is the most comprehensive synthesis of current research on eighteenth-century Naples available in English.' Modern Italy