Representing the King's Splendour: Communication and Reception of Symbolic Forms of Power in Viceregal Naples

Author:   Gabriel Guarino ,  Joseph Bergin ,  Penny Roberts ,  Bill Naphy
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 December 2010
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Author:   Gabriel Guarino ,  Joseph Bergin ,  Penny Roberts ,  Bill Naphy
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780719078224


ISBN 10:   0719078229
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   17 December 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Acknowledgements List of figures List of abbreviations List of Spanish viceroys of Naples 1. Introduction 2. The ritual power of viceroys I. The viceregal institution II. Court ceremonial III. The viceregal public image 3. The power of precedence: social and political hierarchies of civic processions I. The hierarchical structure of cavalcades in early modern Naples II. Extraordinary cavalcades and conflicts of precedence 4. State celebrations I. The festive system of early modern Naples II. Management, patronage, and reception of civic celebrations III. Spanish tournaments in Neapolitan state festivities 5. Spanish fashion and the governance of appearances in viceregal Naples I. Regulating appearances: Spanish fashion and the Catholic Reformation, 1517-1648 II. Successes and limitations of Spanish fashion III. Governing appearances and luxury 6. Political utilisation of imprese in viceregal Naples I. The uses of imprese in tournaments II. Neapolitan imprese for the obsequies of the Habsburg monarchs 7. Conclusions 8. Bibliography -- .

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The book has many overall merits: it examines topics and materials that have received limited attention by historians, and effectively contextualizes them within broader trends and issues of early modern political culture...(Guarino) persuasively analyzes the difficulties inherent in the viceroy's status...The book will be of great interest to scholars of early modern political culture and ritual, and of early modern Europe in general. Tommaso Astarita, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, 2012 -- Tommaso Astarita. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, 2012, 20120815


The book has many overall merits: it examines topics and materials that have received limited attention by historians, and effectively contextualizes them within broader trends and issues of early modern political culture...(Guarino) persuasively analyzes the difficulties inherent in the viceroy's status...The book will be of great interest to scholars of early modern political culture and ritual, and of early modern Europe in general. Tommaso Astarita, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, 2012 Guarino's goals are achieved, in placing the visual court culture of Viceregal Naples in context of events and cultural shifts of the period, and in particular, by looking at the mostly positive reception of Spanish culture by the people of Naples . . . One of the chief strengths of this book is its clarity. Guarino is adept at setting up each chapter, and linking from section to section. . . Representing the King's Splendour is a useful and deeply thought through study, making use of an impressive variety of printed sources. Erebea, 2 (2012) [issn: 0214-0691] pp. 421-424. -- .


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Gabriel Guarino is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Ulster -- .

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