Marie Antoinette of Franceand Maria Carolina of Naples, both consorts, contributed to a flourishi... more Marie Antoinette of Franceand Maria Carolina of Naples, both consorts, contributed to a flourishing of matronage, reproducing conceptions of royal femininity that embraced both the private and public roles they were expected to fulfil. However, while the political role of the first Queen has been largely reconsidered, her sister Maria Carolina has not yet been adjudicated impartially. This is somewhat curious, because Maria Carolina inherited from her sister the same disregard towards the Revolution and this, as perceived by the Jacobins, was duly proposed in their acrimonious criticism of her political role.This paper aims to focus on this criticism, analysing how the charges against Maria Carolina in the post-French revolutionary period, were a political duplication of the Jacobin attacks on Marie Antoinette from 1791 onwards. From this point of view, the paper will focus on the portrait of Maria Carolina in 1793 revolutionary Parisby Giuseppe Gorani, an Italian Jacobin noble. His...
The diary of Queen Maria Carolina, kept in the State Archives of Naples, is certainly not unknown... more The diary of Queen Maria Carolina, kept in the State Archives of Naples, is certainly not unknown to scholars, particularly since Benedetto Croce mentioned it in 1934. However, his reading of those pages was dismissed with a few words.1 Croce’s judgement on the possibilities of gaining broad historical benefit was somewhat simplistic. However, in the first far-reaching biography dedicated to Maria Carolina, Egon Caesar Corti often referred to the diary in order to illustrate certain aspects related to the political action of the Queen regnant.2
In the spring of 1778, Maria Carolina had begun to take an active part in government affairs and ... more In the spring of 1778, Maria Carolina had begun to take an active part in government affairs and assisted in subjugating the entire State Council. The new government programme by Maria Carolina alternated between innovative causes and motions for a clear reactionary spirit. The new policy had been influenced by suggestions from Ferdinando Galiani, Francesco D’Aquino, Prince of Caramanico, and the Tuscan doctor, Angelo Maria Gatti.1
Investigaciones Históricas. Época Moderna y Contemporánea
Lady Emma Hamilton, cuyo nombre de nacimiento fue Amy Lyon, siempre ha sido sinónimo de glamur, e... more Lady Emma Hamilton, cuyo nombre de nacimiento fue Amy Lyon, siempre ha sido sinónimo de glamur, elegancia y clase. Muy pocas mujeres en la historia han conseguido suscitar tanta pasión y generar tanto misterio en torno a ellas como Emma Lyon. Este estudio tiene como objetivo subrayar la importancia de la amistad entre Emma Hamilton y la reina María Carolina de Nápoles, así como las consecuencias políticas que tuvo en ese reino. Su base es el análisis de varios textos autorreferenciales: cartas publicadas a principios del siglo XX, que no se han vuelto a publicar, y documentos privados en gran parte desconocidos e inéditos, que muestran los vínculos (familia, amigos, amor) entre Emma y la reina, revelando áreas poco estudiadas y las repercusiones de esta relación en la política del momento.
Marie Antoinette of Franceand Maria Carolina of Naples, both consorts, contributed to a flourishi... more Marie Antoinette of Franceand Maria Carolina of Naples, both consorts, contributed to a flourishing of matronage, reproducing conceptions of royal femininity that embraced both the private and public roles they were expected to fulfil. However, while the political role of the first Queen has been largely reconsidered, her sister Maria Carolina has not yet been adjudicated impartially. This is somewhat curious, because Maria Carolina inherited from her sister the same disregard towards the Revolution and this, as perceived by the Jacobins, was duly proposed in their acrimonious criticism of her political role.This paper aims to focus on this criticism, analysing how the charges against Maria Carolina in the post-French revolutionary period, were a political duplication of the Jacobin attacks on Marie Antoinette from 1791 onwards. From this point of view, the paper will focus on the portrait of Maria Carolina in 1793 revolutionary Parisby Giuseppe Gorani, an Italian Jacobin noble. His...
The diary of Queen Maria Carolina, kept in the State Archives of Naples, is certainly not unknown... more The diary of Queen Maria Carolina, kept in the State Archives of Naples, is certainly not unknown to scholars, particularly since Benedetto Croce mentioned it in 1934. However, his reading of those pages was dismissed with a few words.1 Croce’s judgement on the possibilities of gaining broad historical benefit was somewhat simplistic. However, in the first far-reaching biography dedicated to Maria Carolina, Egon Caesar Corti often referred to the diary in order to illustrate certain aspects related to the political action of the Queen regnant.2
In the spring of 1778, Maria Carolina had begun to take an active part in government affairs and ... more In the spring of 1778, Maria Carolina had begun to take an active part in government affairs and assisted in subjugating the entire State Council. The new government programme by Maria Carolina alternated between innovative causes and motions for a clear reactionary spirit. The new policy had been influenced by suggestions from Ferdinando Galiani, Francesco D’Aquino, Prince of Caramanico, and the Tuscan doctor, Angelo Maria Gatti.1
Investigaciones Históricas. Época Moderna y Contemporánea
Lady Emma Hamilton, cuyo nombre de nacimiento fue Amy Lyon, siempre ha sido sinónimo de glamur, e... more Lady Emma Hamilton, cuyo nombre de nacimiento fue Amy Lyon, siempre ha sido sinónimo de glamur, elegancia y clase. Muy pocas mujeres en la historia han conseguido suscitar tanta pasión y generar tanto misterio en torno a ellas como Emma Lyon. Este estudio tiene como objetivo subrayar la importancia de la amistad entre Emma Hamilton y la reina María Carolina de Nápoles, así como las consecuencias políticas que tuvo en ese reino. Su base es el análisis de varios textos autorreferenciales: cartas publicadas a principios del siglo XX, que no se han vuelto a publicar, y documentos privados en gran parte desconocidos e inéditos, que muestran los vínculos (familia, amigos, amor) entre Emma y la reina, revelando áreas poco estudiadas y las repercusiones de esta relación en la política del momento.
Four years after the publication of the volume I, the Queen, this second collection of studies fo... more Four years after the publication of the volume I, the Queen, this second collection of studies focused on Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine highlights how much there is still much to explore around this controversial figure and her time.
As in the first volume, the curators have tried to privilege the interdisciplinary dimension, with essays on historiography and political history, culture and material life, history and art criticism, music and theater, in the conviction that this methodology allows the knowledge of a historical era in its many aspects.
Maria Carolina thus once again offered the opportunity to deepen a historical time marked by political and cultural transformations that have swept the European continent. And therefore new reflections on the queen's politics, on relations with her brothers, on the love for music, on the acute use of culture and the visual arts, even on cooking and clothing.
Much space was then dedicated to iconography and images with reproductions of famous works and other unpublished or lesser-known ones.
A distanza di quattro anni dall’uscita del volume Io, la Regina, questa seconda raccolta di studi incentrata su Maria Carolina d’Asburgo-Lorena evidenzia quanto intorno a tale discussa figura e al suo tempo vi sia ancora tanto da esplorare.
Come nel primo volume, i curatori hanno cercato di privilegiare la dimensione interdisciplinare, con saggi di storiografia e di storia politica, di cultura e vita materiale, di storia e critica d’arte, di musica e teatro, nella persuasione che tale metodologia permetta la conoscenza di un’epoca storica nei suoi molteplici aspetti.
Maria Carolina ha così offerto ancora una volta l’occasione per approfondire un tempo storico segnato da trasformazioni politiche e culturali che hanno percorso il continente europeo. E quindi nuove riflessioni sulla politica della regina, sui rapporti con i fratelli, sull’amore per la musica, sull’acuto utilizzo della cultura e delle arti figurative, persino sulla cucina e sull’abbigliamento.
Largo spazio è stato poi dedicato all’iconografia e alle immagini con riproduzioni di celebri opere e di altre inedite o meno note.
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As in the first volume, the curators have tried to privilege the interdisciplinary dimension, with essays on historiography and political history, culture and material life, history and art criticism, music and theater, in the conviction that this methodology allows the knowledge of a historical era in its many aspects.
Maria Carolina thus once again offered the opportunity to deepen a historical time marked by political and cultural transformations that have swept the European continent. And therefore new reflections on the queen's politics, on relations with her brothers, on the love for music, on the acute use of culture and the visual arts, even on cooking and clothing.
Much space was then dedicated to iconography and images with reproductions of famous works and other unpublished or lesser-known ones.
A distanza di quattro anni dall’uscita del volume Io, la Regina, questa seconda raccolta di studi incentrata su Maria Carolina d’Asburgo-Lorena evidenzia quanto intorno a tale discussa figura e al suo tempo vi sia ancora tanto da esplorare.
Come nel primo volume, i curatori hanno cercato di privilegiare la dimensione interdisciplinare, con saggi di storiografia e di storia politica, di cultura e vita materiale, di storia e critica d’arte, di musica e teatro, nella persuasione che tale metodologia permetta la conoscenza di un’epoca storica nei suoi molteplici aspetti.
Maria Carolina ha così offerto ancora una volta l’occasione per approfondire un tempo storico segnato da trasformazioni politiche e culturali che hanno percorso il continente europeo. E quindi nuove riflessioni sulla politica della regina, sui rapporti con i fratelli, sull’amore per la musica, sull’acuto utilizzo della cultura e delle arti figurative, persino sulla cucina e sull’abbigliamento.
Largo spazio è stato poi dedicato all’iconografia e alle immagini con riproduzioni di celebri opere e di altre inedite o meno note.