In the early eighteenth century, the municipal system of universities in the Kingdom of Naples was based on the existence of a parliament to which were called to intervene all citizens head of the family of the town. But this system of general suffrage, which was closely related to the nature of the institution of parliament intended as a universal assembly, in some cities have come gradually to fall, giving way to a smaller council (Decurionate) in which the electoral power was concentrated in the hands «de nobili e degli honorati», to the disadvantage of farmers and artisans, no longer admitted to take part in that general assembly that would have called to resolve major issues concerning the city government. At the end XVIII century, the Decurionate was opened to the lower class such as farmers and artisans: this extension worked in almost every city in the Kingdom responded to the logic of break the monopoly of the aristocracy in the management of municipal affairs that often coinciding with the interests of the noble class: at least in theory this new social equilibrium would crack not only the power of the nobility, but also of the bourgeoisie laying in the «genteel parasitism».
The power to the lower classes. The administration of municipalities in the kingdom of Naples in the Eighteenth century
VINCI, STEFANO
2012-01-01
Abstract
In the early eighteenth century, the municipal system of universities in the Kingdom of Naples was based on the existence of a parliament to which were called to intervene all citizens head of the family of the town. But this system of general suffrage, which was closely related to the nature of the institution of parliament intended as a universal assembly, in some cities have come gradually to fall, giving way to a smaller council (Decurionate) in which the electoral power was concentrated in the hands «de nobili e degli honorati», to the disadvantage of farmers and artisans, no longer admitted to take part in that general assembly that would have called to resolve major issues concerning the city government. At the end XVIII century, the Decurionate was opened to the lower class such as farmers and artisans: this extension worked in almost every city in the Kingdom responded to the logic of break the monopoly of the aristocracy in the management of municipal affairs that often coinciding with the interests of the noble class: at least in theory this new social equilibrium would crack not only the power of the nobility, but also of the bourgeoisie laying in the «genteel parasitism».I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
