Masaniello

Masaniello, an abbreviation of Tommaso Aniello (1622 – July 16, 1647), was an Amalfi fisherman, who became leader of the revolt against Spanish rule in Naples in 1647.

References

See Saavedra, Insurrección de Napoli en 1647 (2 vols., Madrid, 1849); Alfred von Reumont, Die Caraffa von Maddaloni (2 vols., Berlin, 1849); Capasso, La Case e famiglia di Masaniello (Naples, I 893); V Spinazzola, Masaniello e la sue famiglia, secondo un codice bolognese del sec. xvi. (in the review Fiegrea, 1900); AG Meissner, Masaniello (in German); E Bourg, Masaniello (in French); F Palermo, Documenti diversi suite novità accadute in Napoli l'anno 1647 (in the Archivio storico italiano, 1st series, vol. ix.).

Related Topics:
Saavedra - Alfred von Reumont

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