Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799

Informationen zum Autor By Vincenzo Cuoco Edited and Introduced by Bruce Haddock and Filippo Sabetti Translated by David Gibbons Klappentext In his Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799, Cuoco synthesized the work of Machiavelli, Vico, and Enlightenment philosophers to offer an explanation for why and how revolutions succeed or fail. Zusammenfassung In his Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799! Cuoco synthesized the work of Machiavelli! Vico! and Enlightenment philosophers to offer an explanation for why and how revolutions succeed or fail. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Vincenzo Cuoco and the Nature of Revolution and Constitutionalism (by Bruce Haddock and Filippo Sabetti) Principal Events in Vincenzo Cuoco’s Life Translator’s Note: The Words and Structures of Cuoco’s Revolution (by David Gibbons) Maps Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799 Appendix 1: Fragments of Letters Written by Vincenzo Cuoco to Vincenzio Russo Appendix 2: Neapolitan Patriots Who Died on the Scaffold

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• Authors: Vincent Cuoco, Vincenzo Cuoco
• Assisted by: Bruce Haddock (Editor), Filippo Sabetti (Editor), David Gibbons (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2014
• EAN: 9781442649453
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4945-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library; Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library; Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Libra
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas