TY - BOOK ID - 3031257 TI - The continuity of feudal power : the Caracciolo di Brienza in Spanish Naples AU - Astarita, Tommaso AU - Cambridge University Press PY - 2004 VL - *52 SN - 052189316X 0521404746 0511523246 PB - Cambridge [etc.] Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Naples (Kingdom) KW - History KW - Spanish rule, 1442-1707 KW - Caracciolo family. KW - Feudalism - Italy - Naples (Kingdom) - History. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Feudalism KW - History. KW - Feudal tenure KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Land tenure KW - Land use KW - Land use, Rural KW - Chivalry KW - Estates (Social orders) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3031257 AB - The Continuity of Feudal Power is an analytic study of a family of the Neapolitan aristocracy during the early modern period, with particular focus on the time of Spanish rule (1503-1707). The Caracciolo marquis of Brienza were a branch of one of the oldest and most powerful clans in the kingdom of Naples, and they numbered among the hundred wealthiest feudal families throughout the early modern period. Professor Astarita reconstructs the family's patrimony, administration and revenues, the family's relationship with the rural communities over which it had jurisdiction, its marriage and alliance policies, and the relations between the aristocracy and the monarchical government. His emphasis is on the continuing importance of feudal traditions, institutions and values both in the definition of the aristocracy's status and in its success in ensuring the persistence of its wealth and power within the kingdom. ER -