Naples and Napoleon : southern Italy and the European revolutions (1780-1860) / John A. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, John A. (John Anthony)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Influence.

Napoleon.

Revolutions--Italy, Southern--History--18th century.

Revolutions.

Counterrevolutions--Italy, Southern--History--18th century.

Counterrevolutions.

Revolutions--Italy, Southern--History--19th century.

Counterrevolutions--Italy, Southern--History--19th century.

Italy, Southern--History--1735-1848.

Italy, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Naples and Napoleon John Davis takes the southern Italian Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as the vantage point for a sweeping reconsideration of Italy's history in the age of Napoleon and the European revolutions. The book's central themes are posed by the period of French rule from 1806 to 1815, when southern Italy was the Mediterranean frontier of Napoleon's continental empire. The tensions between Naples and Paris made this an important chapter in the history of that empire andrevealed the deeper contradictions on which it was founded. But the brief interlude of Napoleonic rule later came to

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps; Introduction: Naples, Napoleon, and the Origins of the Two Italies; PART I: ABSOLUTIST NAPLES; 1. The Ancien Régime in the South; 2. Projecting Reform; 3. Undermining the Old Order; 4. 1799: The Rise and Fall of the Republic; 5. Jacobins and Patriots; 6. The Counter-revolution; PART II: NAPOLEONIC NAPLES; 7. Naples in the Imperial Enterprise; 8. The Costs of Empire; 9. The Promise of Change; 10. A Kingdom Remodeled? The Provinces and the Capital; 11. Disorder; 12. A Kingdom Divided; PART III: RESTORATION AND REVOLUTION; 13. Losing Naples; 14. Restoration

15. Revolution Conclusion: States of Insecurity; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-84696-8

9786610846962

0-19-955230-4

0-19-156452-4

0-19-151872-7

1-4294-9216-3

OCLC:

271577804

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06695 hdl