Naples 1343 : the unexpected origins of the mafia / Amedeo Feniello ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.
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| Location | Call No. | Status | Note | URL |
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| Avon Free Public Library - New Materials | 945.7 FENIELLO | DUE 02-13-25 |
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x, 325 pages ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Originally published in Italian as Napoli 1343: le origini medievali di un sistema criminale in 2015 by Mondadori Libri S.p.A., Milan, Italy.
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| Contents |
The night of -- The motive -- Masterminds and perpetrators -- The two worlds -- Victims (and executioners) -- Beyond the night
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| Summary |
"A fresh perspective on the origins of the mafia, this gripping history illustrates the previously unknown extent of crime families' power in the early nation states of Europe. 1343: there is famine in Naples. After nightfall, a Genoese ship loaded with wheat is attacked by members of two local clans who brutally kill several sailors and their captain. The attackers returned to the city, greeted by the cheers of their countrymen, and the blind eye of the authorities. The Republic of Genoa presented the Kingdom of Naples with a formal protest against the incident. But, in a historical document of great importance today, King Charles I of Anjou admitted he did not control his own city, that the true rulers of Naples were the "family." The purpose of this book is not to retrace the birth of the Camorra through the traditional roads of ethnology, anthropology, sociology, or even folklore for the umpteenth time. Amedeo Feniello takes a new route through a number of previously unstudied elements and makes a unique observation: that these "families" of Naples were in power at the time of the birth of the Angevin Kingdom of Naples-one of the first European nation states. They would have been leaders of the new state, actively participating in the business of the royal family and serving as a new class of directors, officers, and bureaucrats"-- Provided by publisher.
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Napoli 1343. English
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| Translation Of: |
Feniello, Amedeo. Napoli 1343 Milano : Mondadori, 2015.
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Online version: Feniello, Amedeo. Naples 1343 New York : Other Press, 2024 9781590511046 (DLC) 2024002092
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| ISBN |
9781590511039 (hardcover)
1590511034 (hardcover)
9781590511046 (ebook)
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