From the 1730s, in Spain and southern Italy – both domains of the House of Bourbon – two very different versions of court culture emerged. Subsequently, in 1759, the succession to the Spanish government from Ferdinand VI to his half-brother Charles III (formerly Charles of Bourbon, as king of Naples and Sicily) was immediately affected and directed by the profound transformation taking place in early modern culture in the sphere of social mindsets and public opinion. This new Spanish course was helped by Charles III’s presence, who, during the years spent at the head of the Italian government, developed an idea of sovereignty far more modern than the retrospective, traditionalist one still closely linked to medieval metaphysics, which had inspired his parents, the patres, Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese.
Charles of Bourbon, king of Southern Italy (1734–1759): The resilience of the Neapolitan ‘nation’, the development of reformism and the strength of the reaction
R. Tufano
2023-01-01
Abstract
From the 1730s, in Spain and southern Italy – both domains of the House of Bourbon – two very different versions of court culture emerged. Subsequently, in 1759, the succession to the Spanish government from Ferdinand VI to his half-brother Charles III (formerly Charles of Bourbon, as king of Naples and Sicily) was immediately affected and directed by the profound transformation taking place in early modern culture in the sphere of social mindsets and public opinion. This new Spanish course was helped by Charles III’s presence, who, during the years spent at the head of the Italian government, developed an idea of sovereignty far more modern than the retrospective, traditionalist one still closely linked to medieval metaphysics, which had inspired his parents, the patres, Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
