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1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) |
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Foreword; Part One Diplomat Allegro con spirito; 1 Beginnings; 2 Turin; 3 London; 4 Paris; Part Two Intermezzo; 5 Why was Caracciolo the Choice?; 6 What Awaited Him; Part Three Viceroy Vivace assai; 7 Settling In; 8 The Abolition of the Inquisition; 9 Clearing the Decks; 10 Broadside; 11 Picking Up; Part Four Prime Minister Andante sostenuto; 12 Naples at Last; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER 1: BEGINNINGS; CHAPTER 2: TURIN; CHAPTER 3: LONDON; CHAPTER 4: PARIS; CHAPTER 5: WHY WAS CARACCIOLO THE CHOICE?; CHAPTER 6: WHAT AWAITED HIM; CHAPTER 7: SETTLING IN |
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CHAPTER 8: THE ABOLITION OF THE INQUISITIONCHAPTER 9: CLEARING THE DECKS ; CHAPTER 10: BROADSIDE; CHAPTER 11: PICKING UP; CHAPTER 12: NAPLES AT LAST; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the eighteenth-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 dispatches and other official writing, is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the eighteenth-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scandalous behaviour but, even more importantly, it is an account of an Enlightenment struggle against the increasingly outdated clerical and feudal rule in Sicily.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 eighteenth century. Angus Campbell is an independent researcher, translator and writer |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-221) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 5, 2017) |
| Subject |
Caracciolo, Domenico, marchese, 1715-1789.
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Caracciolo, Domenico, marchese, 1715-1789 fast |
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Caracciolo, Domenico 1715-1789 gnd |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy.
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Aufklärung
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Sicily (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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Sicily (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 18th century
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Italy -- Sicily
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Sizilien
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Königreich Neapel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857728999 |
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0857728997 |
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