Approaches to the historiography of Naples, Spain and Bourbon Europe during the reign of Charles III , The Modern State in Naples and Bourbon Europe: Historiography and Sources. by Giuseppe Cirillo

This volume is the culmination of the Italian celebrations of the Tercentary of Charles of Bourbon’s birth. It recollects papers devoted to the Italian and European historiography as well as to the most recent sources on Charles’ era. The transformations that took place in modern states, dynastic strategies, new ceremonials and monarchic rituals, and the role played by courts and by nobility. Both in France, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Denmark, and the Italian Kingdoms have been detected.