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¿Revuelta de Masaniello o revolución de Nápoles? Una reinterpretación
2020
Between 7 and 16 July 1647 a popular revolt, led by a young fishmonger, Masaniello, shook the city of Naples. The killing of Masaniello, however, did not lead to the end of the riots. On the contrary, the revolt involved the entire kingdom of Naples, radicalized in an anti-Spanish sense and resulted in the proclamation of the Republic and the call of a French prince, the Duke of Guisa. On these events, and especially on the fracture that permanently opposed people and nobles, historiography has long debated. It is possible, however, today, also on the basis of new archival documents, to propose a different interpretation of the events, which integrates the two moments and allows an updated …
Discutere il canone nazionale
2020
The opening essay to the volume outlines the characteristics of the Italian historiographic canon, as it developed between the 19th and 20th centuries, and the reasons for its crisis.