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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Renaissance History, Art and Culture ; v.9 |
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Renaissance history, art and culture ; v.9.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to the Present Edition -- Premise -- Part I The Life -- I. Naples in the Time of Masaniello -- 1. Conditions of the City and the Kingdom -- 2. An Odious Gabella -- II. A Job for Masaniello -- The Revolt Begins -- 1. The Fire at the House of the Gabella della frutta -- 2. Black Bread -- 3. Abolish the Gabelle -- 4. At the Prisons -- III. Portrait -- 1. "As Spirited and Vivacious as a Person Could Be" -- 2. The Mother Sold "Toccati"... -- 3. Misfortunes and Pastimes -- 4. "All Riled Up" -- IV. The First "Successes" -- 1. A New Scenario -- 2. To Arms |
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3. The Fires -- V. Among the Great -- 1 Letting it Happen -- 2. "Capitan Generale" -- VI. A Plot and the Death of Peppe Carafa -- 1. Project -- 2. "And I am Aniello the Butcher" -- 3. Absolute Power -- 4. Off with the Cloaks and Other Orders -- 5. The Angel and the Devil -- VII. The Visit to the Palace -- Thursday (Day 11) -- 1. The Food Supply -- 2. With the Dottori -- 3. The Ceremony in the Church and the Cavalcade -- VIII. A Day of "Justice" -- Friday (Day 12) -- 1. The Plebeians Seen Up Close -- IX. The Oath of the Duke of Arcos -- Saturday (Day 13) -- 1. I am Nothing |
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X. The Excursion to Posillipo -- 1. Giraffi's Lies -- XI. Epilogue -- 1. The Death of Marco Vitale and Masaniello's Attempted Flight -- 2. His Final Salute -- 3. "'Make way, make way, for the Signora Duchess of the Sardines!'" -- 4. Letters: Thanks to God... -- 5. The Bite of the Tarantula -- XII. The Funeral -- XIII. The Judgments of Those Who Knew the Most -- Part II A Brief History of a Myth -- XIV. A Voice During the Revolt -- 1. The First Phase -- 2. The Double Game of the Duke of Guise -- 3. Woe betide the Vanquished -- 4. Meanwhile, at Venice -- 5. The Plague and the Anti-Christ |
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XV. European Stage Plays -- 1. In England -- 2. In the American Colonies -- 3. The United Provinces -- 4. In Germany -- XVI. The Eighteenth Century: People and Plebeians -- 1. It Is Not a Miracle... -- 2. A Hero Sui Generis -- 3. Modène's beneficent influence -- 4. In France -- 5. For the Parthenopean Republic -- XVII. An Italian Hero during the Risorgimento -- 1. General Considerations -- 2. Against the Foreigners -- 3. La Muette de Portici -- 4. In Naples -- 5. A Daring Biography: Alexandre Dumas -- 6. For the Unity of Italy -- 7. The First Romantic Plays -- 8. 1848 |
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9. Masaniello from the Opposing Side -- 10. The Masaniello of the Democrats -- 11. Garibaldi at the Opera Masaniello -- 12. Between Naples and Italy: A difficult Mediation -- 13. In Honour of the Illustrious Patriot -- 14. On the Trail of the True Masaniello -- XVIII. Part of Naples -- 1 The Plebs of Masaniello -- 2. The Refusal of Tragedy -- 3. Masaniello-Pulcinella -- Selected bibliography -- Index |
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Translated from the Italian |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2022) |
| Subject |
Masaniello, 1620-1647
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| SUBJECT |
Masaniello, 1620-1647 fast |
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Revolutionaries -- Italy -- Naples (Kingdom) -- Biography
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HISTORY / Europe / Italy
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Revolutionaries
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| SUBJECT |
Naples (Kingdom) -- History -- Revolution, 1647-1648.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96004316
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| Subject |
Naples (Kingdom)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Thomas, translator
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| ISBN |
9048553334 |
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9789048553334 |
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