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This volume collects a series of studies revolving around the edition of Milanese and Florentine diplomatic correspondence from Naples in the Aragonese age, particularly in the years of Ferrante d'Aragona (1458-94). They range from the history of war and territory to prosopography, from the reconstruction of relation networks in courts to international politics, from feudal geography to the conflicts between monarchy and aristocracy. This results in an important increase in our knowledge of the Kingdom of Naples, made possible by the extensive and systematic study of the diplomatic sources, which is evaluated in its different degrees of reliability also thanks to the support of the other sources available − from both within and without the kingdom − used in the full range of its informative potential.

Aragonese Age --- Naples

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En 1647 et 1648, la ville et le royaume de Naples furent secoués par une vague révolutionnaire contemporaine de la Fronde et de la révolution anglaise de Cromwell. L’histoire a retenu la simple image de Masaniello, pêcheur devenu capitaine général, que l’assassinat après dix journées de pouvoir transfigure en « martyr » du peuple. Les évènements européens, la violence des combats à Naples et la singularité de Masaniello ont occulté l’ampleur du mouvement révolutionnaire. Plusieurs centaines de jacqueries contre les seigneurs se déroulèrent dans les villages et les villes du royaume et débouchèrent sur des conflits armés. Longtemps perçue comme une révolte nationale italienne contre le souverain absentéiste, Philippe IV d’Espagne, la révolution napolitaine retient l’attention par les pratiques politiques originales et les symboles qu’elle déploie, que l’historien découvre grâce aux riches et nombreux manuscrits ainsi qu’à une abondante iconographie. Le travail de mémoire des évènements s’est opéré par recouvrements successifs, à l’image des populations méridionales et des architectures de la ville capitale, modelant et déformant l’évènement alors que les historiens ne cessent d’en découvrir les éléments épars.

History --- histoire de l'Italie --- Naples --- révolutions --- XVIIe siècle

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The book illustrates the reconstruction of the system of granting Neapolitan citizenship during the sixteenth century. In particular, the role played by the ‘Regia Camera della Sommaria’, the highest tax magistrature of the Kingdom of Naples, in the evaluation of requests and in the assignment of the citizenship licenses, which allowed access to the substantial tax and jurisdictional privileges of the capital city. The policy of the Spanish government with respect to these privileges is based on prudence and attention to the political and social balance of a fundamental and complex capital as Naples is. The ‘Sommaria’, however, manages in establishing a system of control and government of privileges, which makes the Neapolitan citizenship for a large part a product of the state; also subtracting expertise in the field to the city's municipal government.

Kingdom of Naples --- Spanish rule --- Privileges --- XVI-XVII Century --- Bureaucracy

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According to Carlo Ginzburg, culture is not only the scholars’ knowledge, but it is also made of all the mixture of a population attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. In this sense, objects are one of the culture’s main expressions. Using materiality as a key, the volume analyses the history of the Neapolitan society during the Eighteenth century in some of its multiple articulations: aristocracy, law men, middle class, lower class. The idea of defining the strata of the ancien regime society is now considered unfeasible, partly because the criteria of definition and legitimation were multiple and different at the time: legal certifications, occupation, geographical origin, wealth. In this complicated universe, owning specific goods was part of the process of definition of the individual affiliation to a group, in terms of having a similar life style, as well as adopting the same ideals. The objects, inherited and annotated into inventories, useful to understand this phaenomenon, were not only precious dresses and jewels, but also iron spoons, lead cruxes, or glass beads. Despite their physical features, the value of these goods was not just economic; it stands also in the symbolic meaning they carried. La cultura, come ha affermato Carlo Ginzburg, non è solo la sapienza dei dotti, ma anche quel «complesso di atteggiamenti, credenze, codici di comportamento» che caratterizza una popolazione. Una delle sue espressioni fondamentali è costituita dagli oggetti. Utilizzando la materialità come chiave di accesso, il volume indaga la storia della società napoletana durante il Settecento in alcune delle sue molteplici articolazioni: aristocrazia, togati, ceto medio e popolo. L’idea di definire con precisione le componenti della società di antico regime si è ormai dimostrata utopistica, anche perché i criteri di definizione e di legittimazione erano allora molteplici e variegati: attestazioni giuridiche, occupazione, provenienza geografica, potere economico. In questo complicato universo, il possesso di specifici beni costituiva un elemento importante nel definire l’appartenenza degli individui a un gruppo, in quanto assunzione di un comune stile di vita, ma soprattutto in quanto condivisione di elementi ideali. Le ricchezze da cui è possibile cogliere queste dinamiche socio-culturali, lasciate in eredità e annotate negli inventari, non erano solo costituite da sontuosi gioielli o abiti sfarzosi; potevano essere anche cucchiai di ferro, crocifissi di piombo o perle di vetro colorato. Eppure, quali che fossero le loro caratteristiche, gli oggetti non avevano solo un valore economico, ma erano anche portatori di significati simbolici.

Material Culture --- Naples --- Social History --- Eighteenth Century --- Inventories

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Carrefour historiographique des trente dernières années, le thème centre-périphérie a été choisi pour la deuxième édition d’EUROPANGE. Les essais rassemblés s'articulent autour de la double intention d'observer les aspects des réalités politiques qui sont entrées dans l'orbite des Anjou et d'approfondir les relations qui ont été créées par la famille royale dans tout l'espace Angevin dans le but commun d'analyser les structures et la cohérence des appareils financiers. Les institutions, la gouvernance, les systèmes de drainage des ressources et les politiques économiques sont quelques-uns des sujets abordés dans un recueil qui, grâce à l'analyse prosopographique, contribue également à la comparaison entre les domaines articulés de la domination angevine. Le volume offre ainsi un premier moment important de réflexion sur la circulation des élites financières dans un espace de frontières changeantes et variables où le terme «périphérie financière» acquiert une signification heuristique pour l'étude d'une monarchie qui a gouverné pendant environ deux siècles dans une grande partie de l'Occident médiéval.

History --- finance --- Anjou --- institutions --- Naples --- politique --- économie --- Anjou, House of. --- France --- Naples (Kingdom) --- Italy --- Economic policy. --- Politics and government.