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Political Engagement and Popular Print in Spanish Naples (1503â1707)
Series: - Library of the Written Word, Volume: 130
- Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World, Volume: 130
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What was published in Naples during the Spanish Vicerealm? How did books, pamphlets, broadsheets and newspapers contribute to the political awareness of the Neapolitan people? To what extent did the authorities engage with this politically-charged literary world? This book aims to answer these questions by discussing an untapped body of sources, in manuscript and printed form. What emerges is a vivid picture of a vibrant printing industry and a rich cultural landscape. Three moments of crisis of the seventeenth century â the eruption of Vesuvius, Masanielloâs revolt and a major plague epidemic â are used as a test of the capability of the Spanish authorities in regards to political and propagandistic communication.
Laura Incollingo, Ph.D., is a research assistant at the University of St Andrews within the ERC-funded COMLAWEU project. Her research interests cover the history of popular culture and popular print and the study of information culture in Italy in the early modern period.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Maps and Charts
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âCheap Print and the Problem of Readership
â2âA Note on Sources and Terminology
â3âPopular Culture in Italian Historiography
â4âInto the Archives
â5âAim and Structure of the Book
1 Printing in Naples
â1âAn Organization for Booksellers and Printers
â2âA Thriving Industry
â3âLaws and Regulations
â4âBiographical Notes on Notable Printers
2 Print and Politics
â1âBroadsheets, Proclamations and the Communication of the Law
â2âNewspapers and Propaganda
â3âThe Cost of News
3 Print in Times of Crisis
â1âMasanielloâs Revolt
â2âFrench Propaganda in the Neapolitan Republic
â3âThe Pamphlet War
â4âThe Spanish Side of the Argument
4 Print and Natural Disasters
â1âThe Vesuvius Eruption of 1631
â2âThe Plague of 1656
5 Print and Religion
â1âReligious Censorship
â2âPrinting Religious Books
â3âA Harmonious Relationship
â4âPeculiarity of Neapolitan Devotion
Conclusions
Appendix: People of the Book Trade in Seventeenth-Century Naples
Selected Bibliography
Index
Academic institutes and libraries. Postgraduate students and scholars interested in Italian history, ephemeral studies, Spanish history, and history of information.
Keywords: Italian history; Spanish history; information studies; pamphlets; Vesuvio; Vesuvius; Masaniello; book history; plague; Gazette; newspapers; avvisi; giornali; censorship; Inquisition; religious history; economic history; printers; booksellers; cultural history; popular culture; street literature; oral history; ephemera; cheap print.
Keywords: Italian history; Spanish history; information studies; pamphlets; Vesuvio; Vesuvius; Masaniello; book history; plague; Gazette; newspapers; avvisi; giornali; censorship; Inquisition; religious history; economic history; printers; booksellers; cultural history; popular culture; street literature; oral history; ephemera; cheap print.