Taming Transgression and Violence in the Carnivals of Early Modern Naples

Gabriel Guarino

doi:10.1017/S0018246X15000497

Taming Transgression and Violence in the Carnivals of Early Modern Naples

Gabriel Guarino

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the political importance of Neapolitan Carnival and the government's involvement in steering and controlling the celebrations at various historical junctions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is particularly important to note in this context the ritual pillages of cuccagne staged by the rulers. The sponsorship of such Carnivalesque entertainments quelled the rulers' fears from popular rebellion and disorder as much as they fed popular needs for bread and circuses; and it is in this context of maintaining intact the city's fragile social balances that we should interpret the ubiquity of these violent spectacles in early modern Naples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-20
Number of pages	20
Journal	Historical Journal
Volume	60
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Apr 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X15000497
Publication status	Published online - 11 Apr 2016

Keywords

Naples
Carnival
Bourbons
Habsburgs
Viceroys
Cultural History
Ritual Violence
Italy
Spain

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