D'improvviso un monte nuovo alle porte di Napoli. L'eruzione flegrea del 1538

Abstract

This paper focuses on the Phlegrean eruptions in 1538, when close to Naples arises a volcano, just called Monte Nuovo (New Mountain). The investigation presents a new viewpoint on a well-known event, linked to History of Emotions and Communication. In addition to the introduction and conclusions, the essay consists of three paragraphs. The first part considers the previous years, when take place some events, later the scholars read as signs of the subsequent disaster. Instead, the second exposes the reactions of current society and the imperial administration. The last part investigates the interpretations of the academics connected to the viceroy and the local aristocracy, which have an enormous diffusion at European level.