A Companion to Early Modern Naples

600 Pages·2013·23.242 MB·English

by  Tommaso Astarita

A Companion to Early Modern Naples
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Brill’s Companions to
European History
VOLUME 2
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A Companion to
Early Modern Naples
Edited by
Tommaso Astarita
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2013
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Cover illustration: View of Naples (page 3) by Jan van de Velde (II), 1618 (RP-P-1879-A-3314C)
With kind permission of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A companion to early modern Naples / edited by Tommaso Astarita.
  pages cm. — (Brill’s companions to European history ; volume 2)
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 ISBN 978-90-04-23670-7 (hardback : acid-free paper)—ISBN 978-90-04-25183-0 (e-book) 1. Naples
(Italy)—History—1503-1734. 2. Naples (Italy)—History—1734–1860. 3. Naples (Italy)—Civilization.
I. Astarita, Tommaso.
 DG848.C567 2013
 945’.73107—dc23
2013011758
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits  ........................................... ix
Author Biographies  ........................................................................................ xiii
Introduction: “Naples is the Whole World”  ............................................ 1
Tommaso Astarita
PART ONE
THE CITY
1. Constructing the Past of Early Modern Naples: Sources and
Historiography  ........................................................................................... 11
John A. Marino
2. Urban Structures and Population  ........................................................ 35
Giovanni Muto
3. Representation and Self-Perception: Plans and Views of Naples
in the Early Modern Period  ................................................................... 63
Vladimiro Valerio
PART TWO
ECONOMY AND POLITICS
4. Economy and Finance in Early Modern Naples  .............................. 89
Gaetano Sabatini
5. Governing the City  ................................................................................... 109
Giulio Sodano
6. Political History  ......................................................................................... 131
Aurelio Musi
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 7. Nation and Ceremony: Political Uses of Urban Space in
Viceregal Naples  ....................................................................................... 153
Carlos José Hernando Sánchez
PART THREE
SOCIETY AND RELIGION
 8. The Space of Women  ............................................................................. 177
Elisa Novi Chavarria
 9. The Naples Elites between City and Kingdom  ............................... 197
Angelantonio Spagnoletti
10. A Mediterranean Port in the Confessional Age: Religious
Minorities in Early Modern Naples  .................................................... 215
Peter A. Mazur
11. Inquisition and Church in Early Modern Naples  .......................... 235
Giovanni Romeo
12. Public Rituals and Festivals in Naples, 1503–1799  ......................... 257
Gabriel Guarino
13. Tempi sì calamitosi: Epidemic Disease and Public Health  .......... 281
David Gentilcore
PART FOUR
CULTURE, ART, AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE
14. The Visual Arts  .......................................................................................... 309
J. Nicholas Napoli
15. The City’s Architecture  ........................................................................... 331
Gaetana Cantone
16. Neapolitan Musical Culture in the Early Modern Period  ............ 359
Anthony R. DelDonna
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17. Royal and Viceregal Art Patronage in Naples (1500–1800)  ........ 383
Diana Carrió-Invernizzi
18. The Enlightenment in Naples  ............................................................. 405
Melissa Calaresu
19. Literary Culture in Naples, 1500–1800  .............................................. 427
Nancy L. Canepa
20. Locating the Natural Sciences in Early Modern Naples  ............. 453
Sean Cocco
Conclusion: Why Naples’s History Matters  ............................................. 477
Anna Maria Rao
Glossary of Important Italian Terms Used in Several Essays  ............ 491
Kings, Viceroys, and Archbishops  .............................................................. 493
Bibliography  ..................................................................................................... 497
Index  ................................................................................................................... 499
Illustrations
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
The illustration section can be found at the back of the book.
Introduction
Map. Naples in the 16th century
Muto
2.1. Castelcapuano in a 17th-century print
2.2. Castel dell’Ovo
2.3. Castelnuovo
Valerio
3.1. Tavola Strozzi, late 15th century
3.2. Sebastian Münster, Map of Naples, 1550
3.3. Carlo Theti, Map of Naples, 1560
3.4. Étienne Du Pérac, Map of Naples, 1566
3.5–8. Jan van de Velde, View of Naples, 1616
3.9. Detail of Van de Velde’s View
3.10. Alessandro Baratta, View of Naples, 1627
3.11–12. Cylindrical perspective applied to Baratta’s view
3.13. Bastiaen Stopendaal, View of Naples, 1663
3.14. Jean Boisseau, View of Naples, 1648
3.15. Pietro Miotte, View of Naples, 1648
3.16. Paolo Petrini, View of Naples, 1696–98
3.17. Étienne Giraud, View of Chiaia, 1765
3.18. Detail of Giraud, View of Chiaia
3.19. Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Noja, Map of Naples, 1775
3.20. Detail of Carafa’s Map
3.21. Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni, Map of Naples, 1790
Novi Chavarria
8.1. Bernardo Cavallino, The Singer, 1640s, Capodimonte
8.2. Aniello Falcone, The School Mistress, c.1630, Capodimonte
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x list of illustrations and illustration credits
Napoli
14.1. Cosimo Fanzago, Jusepe de Ribera, et al., High Altar, Church of the
Discalced Augustinians, Salamanca, 1634–37
14.2. Michele Regolia, Palace Interior, third quarter of the 17th century,
private collection
14.3. Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio, Deposition, 1527–28, Capodimonte
14.4. Pietro Bernini, Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, late 16th
century, Certosa di San Martino
14.5. Cosimo Fanzago, St. Bruno, 1631–56, Certosa di San Martino
14.6. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Flagellation, 1606–07, Capodi-
monte
14.7. Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Immaculate Conception, 1607, church
of Santa Maria della Stella
14.8. Giovanni Lanfranco, Martyrdom of St. James, 1638–46, church of
Santi Apostoli
14.9. Jusepe de Ribera, San Gennaro Emerging Unscathed from the
Furnace, 1647, Naples Cathedral, Chapel of San Gennaro
14.10. Domenico Gargiulo and Viviano Codazzi, Architecture, 1630s,
Naples, Duca di Martina collection
14.11. Domenico Gargiulo, Piazza del Mercato during the Revolt of
Masaniello, c.1650, Museo di San Martino
14.12. Giovanni Battista Recco, Still Life with Kitchen Shelf, mid-17th
century, Capodimonte
14.13. Lorenzo Vaccaro and Gian Domenico Vinaccia, St. Joseph, late 17th
century, Museo Tesoro di San Gennaro
14.14. Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Bust of San Gennaro, second decade of
the 18th century, Certosa di San Martino
14.15. Paolo De Matteis, Annunciation, 1693, Guardia Sanframondi
14.16. Francesco Solimena, Portrait of King Philip V of Spain, c. 1705, Caserta
Royal Palace
14.17. Luca Giordano, Triumph of Judith, 1702, Certosa di San Martino,
Treasury
Cantone
15.1. Cappella Pontano
15.2. Cathedral, Succorpo [crypt]
15.3. San Giovanni a Carbonara, Caracciolo di Vico chapel
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