L’oro di Napoli. Potere, affari e devozioni della Compagnia di Gesù nel Mezzogiorno moderno (secoli XVI-XVIII)

Martina Gargiulo

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-425-4

Jesuits Gold. Faith, Influence, and the Economy of Grace in Early Modern Naples

Authors

Martina Gargiulo

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2809-6142 (unauthenticated)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-425-4

Keywords:

Jesuits, Kingdom of Naples, feudalism, Enlightenment, expulsion

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Clio. Essays in History, Archaeology and Art History

Pages: 408

Language: Italian

Abstract: This book explores the history of the Jesuit Province of Naples, from its arrival in the Kingdom of Naples to the expulsion of 1767. By examining the Order’s organizational strategies over the long term, the study reveals how the Jesuits adapted to the political and social challenges of the Kingdom. The analysis focuses on power dynamics, cultural battles, and the Jesuits peculiar role as “clerical-barons” in the Lucanian fiefs of Latronico and Policoro. Moving between ambitions and internal crises, the book shows how the fate of this influential Province was connected from the major global transformations of the time. The book ends by following the lives of former Jesuits after the Order’s suppression, as they searched for a new identity amidst the storms of revolution.

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Author Biography

Martina Gargiulo, University of Naples Federico II

Martina Gargiulo is a teacher of Humanities in secondary school. She holds a PhD in Early Modern History from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research focuses on the social and religious history of Early Modern Italy, with a particular focus on the history of the Society of Jesus during the 18th and 19th Centuries and the history of the Church between the Napoleonic era and the Restoration.