Nicola Spedalieri and the ecclesiastical and civil reforms of the 18th century
Journal title ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE
Author/s Giuseppe Cimbali, Luigi Sanfilippo
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2024/1-2
Language Italian Pages 27 P. 305-331 File size 1703 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASSO2024-001009
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This article summarises the biographical and academic profile of Nicolò Spedalieri, the Catholic jurist and reformer who, in his work “I Diritti dell’Uomo” (1791), he developed the concept of popular sovereignty, challenging the hypersecularist nature of ‘enlightened despotism’ and anticipating themes and programmes that would form the basis of 19th-century social Catholicism in Italy and Europe.
Keywords: Nicolò Spedalieri, “I Diritti dell’Uomo”, popular sovereignty, enlightened despotism, social Catholicism
Giuseppe Cimbali, Luigi Sanfilippo, Nicola Spedalieri e le riforme ecclesiastico-civili del secolo XVIII in "ARCHIVIO STORICO PER LA SICILIA ORIENTALE" 1-2/2024, pp 305-331, DOI: 10.3280/ASSO2024-001009