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Sannazaro, Jacopo
(Encyclopedia) Sannazaro, JacopoSannazaro, Jacopoyäˈkōpō sän-nätsäˈrō [key], 1456?–1530, Italian humanist. He lived briefly (1501–4) in France, a follower of the exiled Frederick III of Naples. On…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Invocation to MiseryThe Woodman and the NightingaleStanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, where it is dated…Cialdini, Enrico
(Encyclopedia) Cialdini, EnricoCialdini, Enricoănrēˈkō chäldēˈnē [key], 1811–92, Italian general and diplomat. During the wars leading to Italian unification he fought in Sardinian service in the…Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies
(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand I, 1751–1825, king of the Two Sicilies (1816–25). He had previously been king of Naples (1759–99, 1799–1805, 1815–16) as Ferdinand IV and king of Sicily (1759–1816) as…Louis III, king of Naples
(Encyclopedia) Louis III, 1403–34, king of Naples (1417–34; rival claimant to Joanna II), duke of Anjou, count of Provence, son and successor of Louis II. He invaded Naples in 1420. Queen Joanna…Napolitano, Giorgio
(Encyclopedia) Napolitano, Giorgio, 1925–, Italian political leader, b. Naples. He studied law at the Univ. of Naples, and was a member of the Communist party from 1945 until its dissolution in 1991…Carbonari
(Encyclopedia) CarbonariCarbonarikärbōnäˈrē [key] [Ital.,=charcoal burners], members of a secret society that flourished in Italy, Spain, and France early in the 19th cent. Possibly derived from…Roger of Loria
(Encyclopedia) Roger of Loria, c.1245–1304, Sicilian-Aragonese admiral. An adherent of Manfred, last Hohenstaufen king of Sicily, he left Sicily for Aragón after Manfred's defeat (1266) by the…Championnet, Jean Étienne
(Encyclopedia) Championnet, Jean ÉtienneChampionnet, Jean ÉtiennezhäN ātyĕnˈ shäNpyônĕˈ [key], 1762–1800, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Placed in command of the Army of Rome in…Ladislaus
(Encyclopedia) Ladislaus, king of Naples: see Lancelot.Trending
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