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Church and State in Spanish Italy: Rituals and Legitimacy in the Kingdom of Naples - Hardcover

Dauverd, Céline

 
9781108489850: Church and State in Spanish Italy: Rituals and Legitimacy in the Kingdom of Naples
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1108489850 ISBN 13: 9781108489850
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108489850
ISBN 13 
9781108489850
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
310