Representatives of Authority and Agents of Consensus: the Role of Prefects, Clergymen, and Soldiers during Civic Festivals in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Marco Emanuele Omes
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/156
Language Italian Pages 34 P. 235-268 File size 116 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2017-156001
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Mixing perspectives and methods typical of the cultural history of politics and of the history of public institutions, the author analyses the conduct of public officials in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy during the organisation of civic festivals. His aim is to enlighten on the one hand the self-representation of the Napoleonic political power, always looking for a complete legitimation, on the other hand the practices of development and supervision of an appropriate public opinion among the population. In this way the author shows that highly-symbolic festivals first of all represent a test of officials’ loyalty and reliability: as a matter of fact, they are essential delegates of the political authorities and mediators between them and local communities.
Keywords: Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy - Civic festivals - Relationship between State and local administration - Self-representation of the political authority - Public opinion - Language and governmental practices of state officials.
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Marco Emanuele Omes, Rappresentanti dell’autorità e agenti del consenso: il ruolo di prefetti, clero e militari durante le feste civiche nel Regno d’Italia napoleonico in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 156/2017, pp 235-268, DOI: 10.3280/SS2017-156001