Maria Sofia Corciulo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6300478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Sofia Corciulo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Corciulo |
| SIGNATURE | CORCIULO M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The contribution of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI) to the meetings of the Comité International des Sciences Historiques (Cish), …
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaria Sofia CorciuloMaria Sofia Corciulo is Emeritus Professor of History of Political Institutions at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is Past President of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (2007-2015). She is now Honorary President. She is member of …
La Constitution de Cadix et la Révolution constitutionnelle napolitaine de 1820-1821
La révolution napolitaine de 1820-1821 a été considérée par l’historiographie italienne comme un phénomène marginal, de peu de signification, et sans réelle portée politique pour le processus risorgimental, du fait de son faible impact sur les habitants du royaume des Deux-Siciles. À partir de ses recherches dans les fonds d’archives, l’auteure se propose de réévaluer cette révolution, autant sous l’angle institutionnel que sous celui socio-cultu…
Simonetta Bernardi (1940–2021)
Simonetta Bernardi celebrated her 81st birthday on 23 January 2021. Unfortunately, she passed away a month later on 13 February. She was a member of the ICHRPI Italian Section since 1997, and she a
A historical review of the critical judgement of Il Gattopardo (1958) on the Risorgimento
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is a novel by Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the end of the Bourbons' kingdom and the beginning of the Savoy dynasty, the first sovereigns of the new Kingdom of Italy (1861). Published posthumously in 1958, it became the top-selling novel in Italian history and it is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian literature. In 2012 The Observer named it as one of the ‘10 be…
Marongiu and the Parliament of Sardinia 1
I Parlamenti di Sardegna nella storia e nel diritto pubblico comparato (Sardinian Parliaments in History and in Comparative Public Law) was the first important scientific work written by Antonio Marongiu (1902–89) and was published in 1931 in the series of the studies of the Institute of Public Law and Social Legislation of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ (Istituto di Diritto Pubblico e Legislazione Socia…
England's political/institutional influences on Neapolitan constitutionalism, 1820–21
This article examines England's political/institutional influences on the rise and development of Neapolitan constitutionalism and the attitude taken by the English government toward the Neapolitan constitutional experiment in 1820–21. The Neapolitan Constitution of 1820 was lifted almost entirely from Spain's Cadiz Constitution of 1812. It called for a single-chamber system: a national assembly elected by three-degree universal suffrage, endowed…
Les critiques à la Décennie française dans la presse constitutionnelle napolitaine de 1820–1821
During the revolution of 1820–21 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the revolutionaries adopted the Constitution of Cadiz (1812), which gave full guarantees for the principle of decentralization. Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the principal criticisms levied by the Neapolitan press against the Napoleonic regime (1806–15) in the Mezzogiorno. The first criticism focused on the excessive centralization which had abrogated what the press called munic…
The influence of ‘constitutional’ European public opinion on political trials in the Kingdom of Naples (1855–1861)
From 1848 until the Unification of Italy, a series of political trials followed one another in Naples which unravelled the thread of a vast and ramified revolutionary conspiratorial network. The climax of the series was the trial in 1855 of Nicola Mignogna and his closest collaborator, Antonietta De Pace, together with 12 other persons. Its interest lay both in the personalities of those arrested—above all, for the first time a woman was accused …
A woman patriot and fighter for Italy's unity and freedom
In the context of the history of Italy's Risorgimento and unification, Maria Sofia Corciulo recounts the adventurous life, the clandestine struggle, and the political significance of Antonietta De Pace (1818–1894), the leading figure among several women patriots in the kingdom of Naples during the period of pre-parliamentary republican struggle. Her trial after capture in 1855 caused an international sensation, and in 1860 she entered Naples with…
A few historical and institutional considerations on the Italian Restoration
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the political significance of the period of the Italian Restoration. The author suggests that the revolutions which took place in both Naples and Piedmont in 1820–21 affected the apparently static institutional tranquillity of the ‘restored’ Italy to such an extent that they represent a break from the preceding period—the Five-year Period, during which the Napoleonic institutions had been, anyway, pa…
Vittorio Frosini (1922–2001)
(2002). VITTORIO FROSINI (1922–2001) Parliaments, Estates and Representation: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 285-286
Le Parlement de Waterloo
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo looks at the evidence on the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies elected during the return of Napoléon Bonaparte as emperor in 1815. This took place under the terms of the Acte Additionnel drafted by Benjamin Constant, following Napoléon's expressed decision to reign as a constitutional monarch. Constant introduced a number of significant liberal modifications to the old Napoleonic constitution, and electi…
La dissolution de la ‘Chambre Introuvable’ (5 septembre 1816)
In this article Maria Sofia Corciulo discusses the dissolution of the recently elected ‘Chambre introuvable’ by Louis XVIII, following his second restoration in 1815. The king had been completely surprised by the outcome of the elections, which returned an ultra-royalist majority. This put severe pressure on the king and his ministers who were committed to moderate, conciliationist policies, in which they were supported and pressured by the repre…
Les premières formes d'abstentionisme en France
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo examines the results of the two popular votes during Napoleon's Hundred Days, the election for the Chamber in May, and the vote on the Acte additionel, the revised Napoleonic constitution drafted by Benjamin Constant. The article notes the peculiarly French distinction in constitutional law between a plebiscite and a referendum, concluding that while the vote on the constitution was technically a referendum, …
La Constitution sénatoriale française du 6 avril 1814
In this article Maria Sofia Corciulo has analyzed the Constitution for France, drawn up by the Napoleonic Senate and issued on 6 April 1814, after its decision to withdraw recognition from the Emperor. It had in reality been initiated and largely drafted by Talleyrand in order to secure a negotiated settlement with the Allies and a non-violent transfer of power within France. The aim was to secure the basic principles of the Revolution of 1789 an…
Le Marongiu «mineur»
In this article Professor Corciulo reviews the minor writings, articles and essays, of the distinguished Italian constitutional historian Atonio Marongiu, who was an active member of the Commission and died in 1989. The main body of his work was concerned with the history of representative institutions from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution and its aftermath, but also included Sardinia, which was a special interest of his and a range of ot…
Mirabeau et la tactique des assemblées parlementaires
Mirabeau and the Tactics of Parliamentary Assemblies This paper deals with Mirabeau's political action during the last two years of his life. Particular reference is made to his wish to introduce into the National Assembly rules of procedure similar to those in force in the English Parliament. His ideas on parliamentary reform resemble in some ways those of Jeremy Bentham, author of the ‘Essay on Political Tactics’. Mirabeau published important p…
Une province du Royaume de Naples pendant l'occupation française
La presse ‘constitutionnelle’ pendant la révolution napolitaine de 1820–1821
Les conseils generaux du royaume de Naples pendant la decennie française 1806–1815
Les députés du Territoire d'Otrante au parlement napolitain de 1820–1821
In memoriam
Les élections à la chambre introuvable en aoÛt 1815
La Chambre introuvable et les principes du régime parlementaire
Les critiques à la Décennie française dans la presse constitutionnelle napolitaine de 1820–1821
During the revolution of 1820–21 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the revolutionaries adopted the Constitution of Cadiz (1812), which gave full guarantees for the principle of decentralization. Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the principal criticisms levied by the Neapolitan press against the Napoleonic regime (1806–15) in the Mezzogiorno. The first criticism focused on the excessive centralization which had abrogated what the press called munic…
A woman patriot and fighter for Italy's unity and freedom
In the context of the history of Italy's Risorgimento and unification, Maria Sofia Corciulo recounts the adventurous life, the clandestine struggle, and the political significance of Antonietta De Pace (1818–1894), the leading figure among several women patriots in the kingdom of Naples during the period of pre-parliamentary republican struggle. Her trial after capture in 1855 caused an international sensation, and in 1860 she entered Naples with…
A few historical and institutional considerations on the Italian Restoration
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the political significance of the period of the Italian Restoration. The author suggests that the revolutions which took place in both Naples and Piedmont in 1820–21 affected the apparently static institutional tranquillity of the ‘restored’ Italy to such an extent that they represent a break from the preceding period—the Five-year Period, during which the Napoleonic institutions had been, anyway, pa…
La presse ‘constitutionnelle’ pendant la révolution napolitaine de 1820–1821
La Chambre introuvable et les principes du régime parlementaire
Les élections à la chambre introuvable en aoÛt 1815
Les députés du Territoire d'Otrante au parlement napolitain de 1820–1821
In memoriam
Les conseils generaux du royaume de Naples pendant la decennie française 1806–1815
La presse ‘constitutionnelle’ pendant la révolution napolitaine de 1820–1821
Une province du Royaume de Naples pendant l'occupation française
Mirabeau et la tactique des assemblées parlementaires
Mirabeau and the Tactics of Parliamentary Assemblies This paper deals with Mirabeau's political action during the last two years of his life. Particular reference is made to his wish to introduce into the National Assembly rules of procedure similar to those in force in the English Parliament. His ideas on parliamentary reform resemble in some ways those of Jeremy Bentham, author of the ‘Essay on Political Tactics’. Mirabeau published important p…
Le Marongiu «mineur»
In this article Professor Corciulo reviews the minor writings, articles and essays, of the distinguished Italian constitutional historian Atonio Marongiu, who was an active member of the Commission and died in 1989. The main body of his work was concerned with the history of representative institutions from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution and its aftermath, but also included Sardinia, which was a special interest of his and a range of ot…
La Constitution sénatoriale française du 6 avril 1814
In this article Maria Sofia Corciulo has analyzed the Constitution for France, drawn up by the Napoleonic Senate and issued on 6 April 1814, after its decision to withdraw recognition from the Emperor. It had in reality been initiated and largely drafted by Talleyrand in order to secure a negotiated settlement with the Allies and a non-violent transfer of power within France. The aim was to secure the basic principles of the Revolution of 1789 an…
Les premières formes d'abstentionisme en France
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo examines the results of the two popular votes during Napoleon's Hundred Days, the election for the Chamber in May, and the vote on the Acte additionel, the revised Napoleonic constitution drafted by Benjamin Constant. The article notes the peculiarly French distinction in constitutional law between a plebiscite and a referendum, concluding that while the vote on the constitution was technically a referendum, …
La dissolution de la ‘Chambre Introuvable’ (5 septembre 1816)
In this article Maria Sofia Corciulo discusses the dissolution of the recently elected ‘Chambre introuvable’ by Louis XVIII, following his second restoration in 1815. The king had been completely surprised by the outcome of the elections, which returned an ultra-royalist majority. This put severe pressure on the king and his ministers who were committed to moderate, conciliationist policies, in which they were supported and pressured by the repre…
Le Parlement de Waterloo
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo looks at the evidence on the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies elected during the return of Napoléon Bonaparte as emperor in 1815. This took place under the terms of the Acte Additionnel drafted by Benjamin Constant, following Napoléon's expressed decision to reign as a constitutional monarch. Constant introduced a number of significant liberal modifications to the old Napoleonic constitution, and electi…
Vittorio Frosini (1922–2001)
(2002). VITTORIO FROSINI (1922–2001) Parliaments, Estates and Representation: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 285-286
A few historical and institutional considerations on the Italian Restoration
In this article, Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the political significance of the period of the Italian Restoration. The author suggests that the revolutions which took place in both Naples and Piedmont in 1820–21 affected the apparently static institutional tranquillity of the ‘restored’ Italy to such an extent that they represent a break from the preceding period—the Five-year Period, during which the Napoleonic institutions had been, anyway, pa…
A woman patriot and fighter for Italy's unity and freedom
In the context of the history of Italy's Risorgimento and unification, Maria Sofia Corciulo recounts the adventurous life, the clandestine struggle, and the political significance of Antonietta De Pace (1818–1894), the leading figure among several women patriots in the kingdom of Naples during the period of pre-parliamentary republican struggle. Her trial after capture in 1855 caused an international sensation, and in 1860 she entered Naples with…
The influence of ‘constitutional’ European public opinion on political trials in the Kingdom of Naples (1855–1861)
From 1848 until the Unification of Italy, a series of political trials followed one another in Naples which unravelled the thread of a vast and ramified revolutionary conspiratorial network. The climax of the series was the trial in 1855 of Nicola Mignogna and his closest collaborator, Antonietta De Pace, together with 12 other persons. Its interest lay both in the personalities of those arrested—above all, for the first time a woman was accused …
Les critiques à la Décennie française dans la presse constitutionnelle napolitaine de 1820–1821
During the revolution of 1820–21 in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the revolutionaries adopted the Constitution of Cadiz (1812), which gave full guarantees for the principle of decentralization. Maria Sofia Corciulo analyses the principal criticisms levied by the Neapolitan press against the Napoleonic regime (1806–15) in the Mezzogiorno. The first criticism focused on the excessive centralization which had abrogated what the press called munic…
England's political/institutional influences on Neapolitan constitutionalism, 1820–21
This article examines England's political/institutional influences on the rise and development of Neapolitan constitutionalism and the attitude taken by the English government toward the Neapolitan constitutional experiment in 1820–21. The Neapolitan Constitution of 1820 was lifted almost entirely from Spain's Cadiz Constitution of 1812. It called for a single-chamber system: a national assembly elected by three-degree universal suffrage, endowed…
Marongiu and the Parliament of Sardinia 1
I Parlamenti di Sardegna nella storia e nel diritto pubblico comparato (Sardinian Parliaments in History and in Comparative Public Law) was the first important scientific work written by Antonio Marongiu (1902–89) and was published in 1931 in the series of the studies of the Institute of Public Law and Social Legislation of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ (Istituto di Diritto Pubblico e Legislazione Socia…
A historical review of the critical judgement of Il Gattopardo (1958) on the Risorgimento
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is a novel by Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the end of the Bourbons' kingdom and the beginning of the Savoy dynasty, the first sovereigns of the new Kingdom of Italy (1861). Published posthumously in 1958, it became the top-selling novel in Italian history and it is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian literature. In 2012 The Observer named it as one of the ‘10 be…
Simonetta Bernardi (1940–2021)
Simonetta Bernardi celebrated her 81st birthday on 23 January 2021. Unfortunately, she passed away a month later on 13 February. She was a member of the ICHRPI Italian Section since 1997, and she a
La Constitution de Cadix et la Révolution constitutionnelle napolitaine de 1820-1821
La révolution napolitaine de 1820-1821 a été considérée par l’historiographie italienne comme un phénomène marginal, de peu de signification, et sans réelle portée politique pour le processus risorgimental, du fait de son faible impact sur les habitants du royaume des Deux-Siciles. À partir de ses recherches dans les fonds d’archives, l’auteure se propose de réévaluer cette révolution, autant sous l’angle institutionnel que sous celui socio-cultu…
The contribution of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI) to the meetings of the Comité International des Sciences Historiques (Cish), …
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaria Sofia CorciuloMaria Sofia Corciulo is Emeritus Professor of History of Political Institutions at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is Past President of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (2007-2015). She is now Honorary President. She is member of …
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