Animated Pulpits: On Performative Preaching in Seventeenth-Century Naples

The article foregrounds a number of cases of performative preaching in Naples under Spanish rule with particular attention to the specific form of competition between preachers and professional actors. In the churches and streets of the city, preaching was ever present, nourished by a mix of theatre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teresa Megale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Early Modern Studies
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7094