Contents

pp.：  5 – 8

List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits

pp.：  9 – 12

Author Biographies

pp.：  13 – 16

Introduction:“Naples is the Whole World”

pp.：  17 – 24

Part One The City

pp.：  25 – 26

1. Constructing the Past of Early Modern Naples: Sources and Historiography

pp.：  27 – 50

2. Urban Structures and Population

pp.：  51 – 78

3. Representation and Self-Perception: Plans and Views of Naples in the Early Modern Period

pp.：  79 – 102

Part Two Economy and Politics

pp.：  103 – 104

4. Economy and Finance in Early Modern Naples

pp.：  105 – 124

5. Governing the City

pp.：  125 – 146

6. Political History

pp.：  147 – 168

7. Nation and Ceremony: Political Uses of Urban Space in Viceregal Naples

pp.：  169 – 190

Part Three Society and Religion

pp.：  191 – 192

8. The Space of Women

pp.：  193 – 212

9. The Naples Elites betwen City and Kingdom

pp.：  213 – 230

10. A Mediterranean Port in the Confessional Age: Religious Minorities in Early Modern Naples

pp.：  231 – 250

11. Inquisition and Church in Early Modern Naples

pp.：  251 – 272

12. Public Rituals and Festivals in Naples, 1503–1799

pp.：  273 – 296

13. Tempi sì calamitosi: Epidemic Disease and Public Health

pp.：  297 – 322

Part Four Culture, Art, and Intellectual Life

pp.：  323 – 324

14. The Visual Arts

pp.：  325 – 346

15. The City’s Architecture

pp.：  347 – 374

16. Neapolitan Musical Culture in the Early Modern Period

pp.：  375 – 398

17. Royal and Viceregal Art Patronage in Naples (1500–1800)

pp.：  399 – 420

18. The Enlightenment in Naples

pp.：  421 – 442

19. Literary Culture in Naples, 1500–1800

pp.：  443 – 468

20. Locating the Natural Sciences in Early Modern Naples

pp.：  469 – 492

Conclusion: Why Naples’s History Matters

pp.：  493 – 506

Glossary of Important Italian Terms Used in Several Essays

pp.：  507 – 508

Kings, Viceroys, and Archbishops

pp.：  509 – 512

Bibliography

pp.：  513 – 514

Index

pp.：  515 – 536

Illustrations

pp.：  537 – 600