Melissa Calaresu
Biographic Data
| ID | 614836 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Calaresu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Calaresu |
| SIGNATURE | CALARESU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gonville and Caius College Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment
As we face new global challenges – from climate change to the international political order – the need to re-examine the historical roots of cosmopolitanism and liberal principles on a global scale has become increasingly central to the political conversation. Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment brings together leading scholars in cultural history, the history of ideas and global politics in order to reassess the complexity of cosmopolitanism d…
Street “Luxuries”: Food Hawking in Early Modern Rome
The history of eating on the street presents particular challenges as the extant material culture is especially limited. This chapter reveals the variety of food sold on the streets of early modern Rome through the study of a series of images of street sellers printed in the late sixteenth century in response to the growing ethnographic interest of travelers to the city. This chapter turns on its head what was considered a luxury in the early mod…
Thomas Jones’ Neapolitan Kitchen: The Material Cultures of Food on the Grand Tour
The Welsh painter, Thomas Jones, recorded in minute detail the prices, origin, and types of food and services for each day of his family’s stay in Naples from their arrival from Rome in 1780 to their departure for England in 1783. His “Italian account book” has not been studied before in any depth, except in relation to his activities as an artist. However, this “time-capsule” of a Grand Tour household provides an extraordinarily vivid entry into…
Introduction: The Material Worlds of Food in Early Modern Europe
All of the articles in this special issue show the necessity of having to combine different kinds of sources—texts with images, images with objects, and objects with absences—to build an integrated history of the material worlds of food in the early modern period. They also reflect newer approaches to materiality which are sensitive to the relationship between matter and the senses and consider the haptic, visual, olfactory, and even aural aspect…
Making and Eating Ice Cream in Naples: Rethinking Consumption and Sociability in the Eighteenth Century
Two barefoot children reach out to lick the spoon of the ice-cream seller. He carries a pouch around his waist that hints at the profits that are to be made from his trade. Two wooden containers rest on the ground beside him, one of which has a canister inside it and a strap outside to carry it, while the other holds a tray of cups to serve the ice cream (see Plate 1).1 Behind this scene is the Angevin castle in Naples and a crowd gathered around…
Exploring Cultural History: Essays in Honour of Peter Burke
Book synopsis: Over the past 30 years, cultural history has moved from the periphery to the centre of historical studies, profoundly influencing the way we look at and analyse all aspects of the past. In this volume, a distinguished group in international historians has come together to consider the rise of cultural history in general, and to highlight the particular role played in this rise by Peter Burke, the first Professor of Cultural History…
From the Street to Stereotype: Urban Space, Travel and the Picturesque in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples
The growing historiography on the construction of the stereotype of the South in the history of modern Italy has exposed its persistence in the character of the lazzaroni of Naples and its elaboration in Grand Tour accounts of Naples in the late eighteenth century. This article demonstrates that, despite this ethnographic interest in the popular culture of the streets of the city, travellers were unable to escape existing stereotypes of the Neapo…
Early Modern Italy, 1550-1800: Three Seasons in European History
1Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Early Modern Italy, 1550–1800: Three Seasons in European History GregoryHanlon LondonMacmillan 2000444Paperback£16.99
Constructing an intellectual identity: Autobiography and biography in eighteenth-century Naples
This article examines the autobiographies, biographies and eulogies written by Neapolitan intellectuals in the eighteenth century to reveal the construction of a new identity for reformers as an intellectual class in Naples, separate from its traditional association with the Crown. This new intellectual genealogy was constructed by rejecting the erudite and antiquarian interests of the native juridical tradition from the late seventeenth century …
Constructing an intellectual identity: Autobiography and biography in eighteenth-century Naples
This article examines the autobiographies, biographies and eulogies written by Neapolitan intellectuals in the eighteenth century to reveal the construction of a new identity for reformers as an intellectual class in Naples, separate from its traditional association with the Crown. This new intellectual genealogy was constructed by rejecting the erudite and antiquarian interests of the native juridical tradition from the late seventeenth century …
Images of Ancient Rome in Late Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Historiography
Images of Ancient Rome in Late Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Historiography Melissa Calaresu The case of the late Neapolitan enlightenment, the variety and sophistication of which has been little recognized outside of Italian scholarship, illustrates the significance of particular regional concerns and intellectual traditions in the development of enlightened movements in Europe. 1 This becomes apparent when examining how Neapolitans looked to th…
The patriots and the people in late eighteenth-century Naples
Introduction: The Material Worlds of Food in Early Modern Europe
All of the articles in this special issue show the necessity of having to combine different kinds of sources—texts with images, images with objects, and objects with absences—to build an integrated history of the material worlds of food in the early modern period. They also reflect newer approaches to materiality which are sensitive to the relationship between matter and the senses and consider the haptic, visual, olfactory, and even aural aspect…
Making and Eating Ice Cream in Naples: Rethinking Consumption and Sociability in the Eighteenth Century
Two barefoot children reach out to lick the spoon of the ice-cream seller. He carries a pouch around his waist that hints at the profits that are to be made from his trade. Two wooden containers rest on the ground beside him, one of which has a canister inside it and a strap outside to carry it, while the other holds a tray of cups to serve the ice cream (see Plate 1).1 Behind this scene is the Angevin castle in Naples and a crowd gathered around…
Thomas Jones’ Neapolitan Kitchen: The Material Cultures of Food on the Grand Tour
The Welsh painter, Thomas Jones, recorded in minute detail the prices, origin, and types of food and services for each day of his family’s stay in Naples from their arrival from Rome in 1780 to their departure for England in 1783. His “Italian account book” has not been studied before in any depth, except in relation to his activities as an artist. However, this “time-capsule” of a Grand Tour household provides an extraordinarily vivid entry into…
The patriots and the people in late eighteenth-century Naples
Images of Ancient Rome in Late Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Historiography
Images of Ancient Rome in Late Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Historiography Melissa Calaresu The case of the late Neapolitan enlightenment, the variety and sophistication of which has been little recognized outside of Italian scholarship, illustrates the significance of particular regional concerns and intellectual traditions in the development of enlightened movements in Europe. 1 This becomes apparent when examining how Neapolitans looked to th…
Constructing an intellectual identity: Autobiography and biography in eighteenth-century Naples
This article examines the autobiographies, biographies and eulogies written by Neapolitan intellectuals in the eighteenth century to reveal the construction of a new identity for reformers as an intellectual class in Naples, separate from its traditional association with the Crown. This new intellectual genealogy was constructed by rejecting the erudite and antiquarian interests of the native juridical tradition from the late seventeenth century …
Constructing an intellectual identity: Autobiography and biography in eighteenth-century Naples
This article examines the autobiographies, biographies and eulogies written by Neapolitan intellectuals in the eighteenth century to reveal the construction of a new identity for reformers as an intellectual class in Naples, separate from its traditional association with the Crown. This new intellectual genealogy was constructed by rejecting the erudite and antiquarian interests of the native juridical tradition from the late seventeenth century …
Early Modern Italy, 1550-1800: Three Seasons in European History
1Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Early Modern Italy, 1550–1800: Three Seasons in European History GregoryHanlon LondonMacmillan 2000444Paperback£16.99
From the Street to Stereotype: Urban Space, Travel and the Picturesque in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples
The growing historiography on the construction of the stereotype of the South in the history of modern Italy has exposed its persistence in the character of the lazzaroni of Naples and its elaboration in Grand Tour accounts of Naples in the late eighteenth century. This article demonstrates that, despite this ethnographic interest in the popular culture of the streets of the city, travellers were unable to escape existing stereotypes of the Neapo…
Exploring Cultural History: Essays in Honour of Peter Burke
Book synopsis: Over the past 30 years, cultural history has moved from the periphery to the centre of historical studies, profoundly influencing the way we look at and analyse all aspects of the past. In this volume, a distinguished group in international historians has come together to consider the rise of cultural history in general, and to highlight the particular role played in this rise by Peter Burke, the first Professor of Cultural History…
Making and Eating Ice Cream in Naples: Rethinking Consumption and Sociability in the Eighteenth Century
Two barefoot children reach out to lick the spoon of the ice-cream seller. He carries a pouch around his waist that hints at the profits that are to be made from his trade. Two wooden containers rest on the ground beside him, one of which has a canister inside it and a strap outside to carry it, while the other holds a tray of cups to serve the ice cream (see Plate 1).1 Behind this scene is the Angevin castle in Naples and a crowd gathered around…
Street “Luxuries”: Food Hawking in Early Modern Rome
The history of eating on the street presents particular challenges as the extant material culture is especially limited. This chapter reveals the variety of food sold on the streets of early modern Rome through the study of a series of images of street sellers printed in the late sixteenth century in response to the growing ethnographic interest of travelers to the city. This chapter turns on its head what was considered a luxury in the early mod…
Thomas Jones’ Neapolitan Kitchen: The Material Cultures of Food on the Grand Tour
The Welsh painter, Thomas Jones, recorded in minute detail the prices, origin, and types of food and services for each day of his family’s stay in Naples from their arrival from Rome in 1780 to their departure for England in 1783. His “Italian account book” has not been studied before in any depth, except in relation to his activities as an artist. However, this “time-capsule” of a Grand Tour household provides an extraordinarily vivid entry into…
Introduction: The Material Worlds of Food in Early Modern Europe
All of the articles in this special issue show the necessity of having to combine different kinds of sources—texts with images, images with objects, and objects with absences—to build an integrated history of the material worlds of food in the early modern period. They also reflect newer approaches to materiality which are sensitive to the relationship between matter and the senses and consider the haptic, visual, olfactory, and even aural aspect…
Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment
As we face new global challenges – from climate change to the international political order – the need to re-examine the historical roots of cosmopolitanism and liberal principles on a global scale has become increasingly central to the political conversation. Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment brings together leading scholars in cultural history, the history of ideas and global politics in order to reassess the complexity of cosmopolitanism d…
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