Naples in the Eighteenth Century: The Birth and Death of a Nation State (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture) [Paperback]

Girolamo Imbruglia (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0521038154 | ISBN-13: 978-0521038157 | Edition: 1

This volume of essays offers a series of new insights into the "age of the Enlightenment," not only in Italy but throughout Europe. In its political reforms, intended to attack feudalism and the Church and to modernize the economic and judicial systems, Naples was influenced by European culture. But Naples also exercised a strong influence on European culture: the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the musical culture of the city, had great importance in shaping the modern, enlightened culture of Europe.

Editorial Reviews

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"a welcome addition to the material available in English on the history of the Italian South." Jrnl of Interdisciplinary History

"...a useful update on scholarship in a variety of intellectual and creative fields in Naples in the eighteenth century...Naples in the Eighteenth Century is to be commended for drawing together work in highly distinct fields...which originated in the same city and century and in such a way as to be of interest to scholars not only of the Enlightenment, but also of European history." Canadian Journal of History

"this book is welcome...The book also contains a useful bibliography...The book is a valuable source on the Neapolitan state, society, and culture during the Age of Enlightenment. It will be particularly useful to students interested in this period in general and in Italy in particular." The International History Review Dec 2001

Book Description

This volume of essays offers a series of new insights into the 'age of the Enlightenment', not only in Italy but throughout Europe. In its political reforms, intended to attack feudalism and the Church and to modernise the economic and judicial systems, Naples was influenced by European culture. But Naples also exercised a strong influence upon European culture: the discovery of Pompeii and Herculanum, and the musical culture of the city, had great importance in shaping the modern, enlightened culture of Europe.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521038154
• ISBN-13: 978-0521038157
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
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