October 4, 2019

Around the Web: Off the Menu Pundits Charles and Vincent Discuss the Sanfedisti of Southern Italy

Charles, would you be so kind as to enlighten us about the Sanfedisti of Southern Italy in the late 18th century? How did they come about? Who exactly were they? What was Catholicism like in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and how were the people there different from Northern Italians with respect to monarchy, the Church, and traditions?

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Originally from Episode 108 - Michaelmas