We would like to thank our friend Matthew Scarince at the War for Christendom website for highlighting and providing insightful analysis of our review of Gianadrea de Antonelli’s excellent treatise, “Un caso concreto: il Carlismo nel Regno di Napoli” (A Concrete Case: Carlism in the Kingdom of Naples). Your thoughtful feedback and support mean a great deal to us!
“Carlism in the Kingdom of Naples” Reviewed by Giovanni di Napoli
Over on the website Il Regno, Giovanni di Napoli has published an excellent review and summary of an essay by Gianandrea de Antonellis entitled “A Concrete Case: Carlism in the Kingdom of Naples.” Di Napoli’s review translates and highlights some of the major points connecting the political tradition of Spanish Carlism to the historical Kingdom of Naples (the mainland possessions of the Kingdom of Sicily). When the call went out from Rome for the support of the Sicilian Kingdom against the piratical invasion and oppression of loyalists following the “unification of Italy” in 1861, veterans of the armies of the Carlist Wars answered the call. Most notable among them were General José Borjes, who lost his life in the conflict, and General Rafael Tristany, who was fated to die in exile far from his Catalonian homeland. De Antonellis highlights four essential pillars of Carlist ideology that also formed the socio-political basis for the Neapolitan Kingdom. Continue reading
