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A simple, readable study of the region, its historical influences, cultural sites and emerging popularity.
List of contents
Foreword: Old Apulia
1 Introduction
Part I: The Gargano
2 The Gargano
3 Monte Sant’ Angelo
4The Norman Quest – of Apulia
5 San Giovanni Rotondo and Padre Pio
6 The Gargano Coast and the Tremiti
7 The Heretic from Ischitella
Part II: Hohenstaufen Country
8 “The Wonder of the World”
9 Castel del Monte
10 The Emperor’s Faithful Andria
11 The Land of Manfred
Part III: The Tavoliere
12 Foggia and the Tavoliere
13 The Tavoliere: Lucera, Troia and Cerignola
14 Life on the Old Tavoliere
15 Latifondismo
Part IV: The Adriatic Shore
16 Cathedral Cities on the Coast
17 King Ferrante’s Coronation at Barletta, 1459
18 Trani
Part V: Bari
19 The Catapans
20 Old Bari
21 Bari, 1647 – Revolution
22 New Bari
Part VI: The Murge
23 The Murge
24 Cities of the Murge
25 The Battle of Cannae, 216 BC
26 Maundy Thursday at Noicattaro
27 The Masserie
28 The Via Appia
29 Horace, the Apulian
30 Life at Altamura
Part VII: The Cave Dwellers
31 The Cave Dwellers
32 Gravina-in-Puglia
33 Matera
Part VIII: Trulli and the Difesa di Malta
34 Trulli
35 The Difesa di Malta
36 The Duel at Ostuni
37 Brigands
Part IX: Tàranto and Brìndisi
38 Classical Tàranto
39 Two Men from Taras
40 The Princes of Tàranto
41 The Travellers’ of Tàranto
42 Brìndisi
Part X: Lecce and the Baroque
43 Lecce
44 Don Cirò, the Bandit Priest
45 Baroque in the Salento
46 A Band of Brigands – the Vardarelli
47 Tarantismo
Part XI: Greek Apulia
48 The Byzantine Terra d’Òtranto
49 The Castle of d’Òtranto
50 Manduria
Part XII: Three Little Courts
51 Conversano
52 Martina Franca
53 Francavilla Fontana
Part XIII: Risorgimento?
54 The death of the Regno
55 The Brigands’ War
56 “A war of extermination”
Part XIV: Epilogue
57 Apulia Today
Acknowledgements
Further Reading
Short Chronology
Rulers of Apulia
Historical Gazetteer
About the author
Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at St Catherine's College, Cambridge. He is the author of many books including The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders, The Hundred Years War, The Wars of the Roses, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry V as Warlord. Susan Mountgarret was the co-author of Byzantium - A Journey and a Guide which brought her to Puglia to study its 'rupestrian' churches.
Summary
Puglia is the heel stretching down from the spur of the Italian boot. It boasts beautiful landscapes, Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic castles and a wealth of Baroque architecture. This introduction to Apulian history is the first comprehensive historical survey of the region in English and provides an enlightening, readable overview of the region.
