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6. Masaniello versus "the Greed of Others Since Eternity": The Revolt of Naples, 1647
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In 1647, the urban dispossessed of Naples erupted into a revolutionary class war against their gangster aristocracy. Lead by a 'barefoot Moses', the destitute Masaniello, the brief but impactful revolt led to over a week of chaos that turned power in the Renaissance metropolis on its head, marking "the first time that the proletariat of any European city seized power and governed alone".
Background music from pixabay.com and fesliyanstudios.com
Intro: Oro. Stop the War. 1977.
Outro: Donatella Viggiano. Napule Canta e More. 1979.
Also featuring piano compositions by Franz List, performer unknown.
Reading:
D'Alessio, Silvana. Masaniello: The Life and Afterlife of a Neapolitan Revolutionary. Amsterdam U.P., 2022 (Translation).
Linebaugh, Peter, and Marcus Rediker. The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.
Monod, Paul. The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe, 1588-1715. Yale U.P., 1999.
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