Royal office and private ventures
The fortunes of a Maltese nobleman in Sicily, 1725-50
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anton Caruana Galizia (Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 250 |
| Pages | 742-763 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.12199 |
| OpenAlex | W2755616553 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This article investigates office-holding and private enterprise in eighteenth-century Sicily through a case study of the activities of Baron de Piro, a native of Malta. Based on documents held in Maltese and Sicilian archives, the article demonstrates how political developments in the kingdom both opened up and circumscribed the opportunities within which an upwardly-mobile household sought its fortune by identifying the social, political and economic contexts in which they operated. In doing so, it delivers insights into the impact of successive regime changes on the socio-economic landscape in Sicily as it passed from the Austrian Habsburgs to the Bourbons of Naples
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Maltese · Political science · Politics · Sicilian · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |