The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785: New by Cinzia Recca

By Cinzia Recca

This paintings deals a brand new portrayal of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples as a lady of energy with weaknesses and goals, and analyzes the Queen's activities, from her political offerings to her alliance and betrayals. A cautious exam of the interval (1781-1785) lined through the diary indicates that the lifestyle of the Queen and gives key proof of her political acumen and her own relationships. Recca cross-analyses unpublished own records, which come with the essential diary and personal correspondence. The publication specializes in the political impression that Queen Maria Carolina wielded beside her husband, King Ferdinand IV, and the feedback that has been made via modern historians and intellectuals who've usually tended to discredit the sovereign for private instead of political reasons.

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The Diary of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, 1781-1785: New Evidence of Queenship at Court

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62 On Friday the 21st, I got up at 7 o’clock – had breakfast – dressed – combed my hair – heard the Mass – went to listen the sermon – had STRUCTURAL PHYSIOGNOMY, HISTORICAL VALUE OF DIARIES... 35 lunch with the King and my brother – and then stayed with my brother until 4 o’clock – afterwards did my things – read – wrote there were the two Councils – then my Theresa played the harpsichord – there were my brother – Hardek – Lamberg – Sambuca – Acton – Gravina and Hamilton in my room until 9 o’clock when I went to sleep and my brother to the pool.

See in this regard, the study of J. Hinton, Nine wartime lives, Mass – Observation and Making of the Modern Self, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). 24. T. Ulrich, A Midwife’s Tale. The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812, 39. 25.  Tresoldi, La biblioteca privata di Maria Carolina d’Austria regina di Napoli, 15. 26. Traversier, Chronique d’un royal ennui. Le Journal de la reine Marie Caroline de Naples (1781–1785), 135–150. 27.  Huberman Qualitative data analysis: an STRUCTURAL PHYSIOGNOMY, HISTORICAL VALUE OF DIARIES...

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