Tales of two cities : news, stories and media events in early modern Florence and Naples

334 pages : illustrations

• Chapters from the same volume (available individually)

  • Introduction
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  • "Desirous of War and Discord" : the Duke of Osuna and the Neapolitan Public Sphere, 1616-1618
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  • An Intriguing Correspondence : the Duke of Arcos' Information Network in a Time of Revolt (Naples, 1646-1647)
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  • News from Naples (1647-1648) : Communicative Effects, Public Spaces and the Media Landscape
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  • On the Streets of Naples : Urban Populations and the Circulation of News on the Eve of the War of Spanish Succession
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  • A Plague of News : Florence, 1629-1633
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  • The "Government" of News in a Time of Plague : Naples in 1656 Between Myths and Truth
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  • The Dawn of the Epidemic in Naples (1656)
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  • Public Secrets : Vitale Medici's Conversion and Its Impact on the Social, Religious and Urban Landscape of Early Modern Florence
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  • Accusations of Crypto-Judaism and a Heinous Murder : Two Newsworthy Political Scandals in the Naples of Viceroy Peñaranda
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  • "Il Gran Processo a Tutti Noto" : Scandal, Memory and Writings on Infamy in the Public Sphere (Florence, 17th-18th Centuries)
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  • "Magnified Beyond the Truth" : Defamatory Writing Surrounding the Last Grand Duke of Tuscany
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  • Two Tales of One City : Justice and Epidemic in 1764 Naples
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  • "From the Beauty of the Conquered Beach" : Don John, Naples and Lepanto in Tomaso Costo's Account
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  • Microhistory and Accounts of Exceptional Events in the Pages of Anton Francesco Doni
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  • "An Affair That Deserves to be Remembered for Many Reasons" : Fama and a Story of Love and Death in Florentine High Society (1652)
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  • Forms of Narration in the Nuove System : Two Cases of "Ambivalence" Between Literary Fiction and News Circulation in the Narrative Forms of the Ancien Régime
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  • Index of Names
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  • Contributors
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  ISBN: 9791254692820

  Permalink: http://digital.casalini.it/9791254692820

  SERIES

  Viella historical research ; 25
  

  DISCIPLINES

  • General history of Europe Italian Peninsula and adjacent islands
  • Social interaction
  • Italy (History)

  SUBJECTS HEADINGS

  • Communication -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Florence -- History
  • Communication -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Naples -- History
  • City and town life -- Italy -- Florence -- History
  • City and town life -- Italy -- Naples -- History
  • Florence (Italy) -- History
  • Naples (Italy) -- History