Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799

by Vincenzo Cuoco, Francesco Lomonaco, Fausto Nicolini

Book Overview

Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770-1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799. Living in Milan, he wrote what became one of the nineteenth century's most important treatises on political revolution.

In his Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799, Cuoco synthesized the work of Machiavelli, Vico, and Enlightenment philosophers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442649453
• ISBN13: 9781442649453
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher