Sicily and the enlightenment: the world of Domenico Caracciolo, thinker and reformer 9781784535759, 1784535753

Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the eighteenth-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat

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English Pages viii, 231 pages ; 23 cm Year 2016

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Sicily and the enlightenment: the world of Domenico Caracciolo, thinker and reformer
 9781784535759, 1784535753

Table of contents :
Part I DIPLOMAT (allegro con spirito)Beginnings Turin London Paris Part II INTERMEZZOWhy was he the choice? What awaited him Part III VICEROY (vivace assai)Settling In Abolition of the Inquisition Clearing the Decks Broadside Picking Up Part IV PRIME MINISTER (andante sostenuto)Naples at Last CONCLUSION Notes Bibliography

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