Church and State in Spanish Italy

Rituals and Legitimacy in the Kingdom of Naples
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-48985-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

In this study Céline Dauverd analyses the link between early modern imperialism and religion via the principle of 'good government'. She charts how the Spanish viceroys of southern Italy aimed to secure a new political order through their participation in religious processions, alliance-building with minority groups, and involvement in local charities. The viceroys' good government included diplomacy, compromise, and pragmatism, as well as a high degree of Christian ethics and morality, made manifest in their rapport with rituals. Spanish viceroys were not so much idealistic social reformers as they were legal pragmatists, committed to a political vision that ensured the longevity of the Spanish empire. The viceroys resolved the tension between Christian ideals and Spanish imperialism by building religious ties with the local community. Bringing a new approach to Euro-Mediterranean history, Dauverd shows how the viceroys secured a new political order, and re-evaluates Spain's contributions to the early modern European world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dauverd, Céline

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Spaniards in charitable institutions; 2. Viceroys, Jews, and Conversos; 3. The miracle of San Gennaro; 4. Easter processions; 5. Corpus Domini celebration; 6. San Giovanni a Mare.

Über Autor(innen)

Dauverd, Céline
Céline Dauverd is associate professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of Imperial Ambition in the Early Modern Mediterranean (Cambridge, 2014).