Regimento et guberno. Amministrazione e finanza nei comuni di Terra d’Otranto tra antico e nuovo regime

This book presents the results of a long process of research carried out by the author of an extensive archival material consulted in the Public record offices of Taranto, Lecce, Naples and Paris. Through the examination of these documents Stefano Vinci investigated from inside the administrative and financial system of the municipalities in Terra d'Otranto between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth century, with particular attention to the reforms introduced by the French and their effects in the peripheries of the Kingdom. Specifically are examined the problems related to the organization of municipal bodies, the evolution of the local Parliament, the interference and usurpations of the barons and the consequent lawsuits filed in Neaples, the state of the finances and space of autonomy of the peripheral organisms compared to the power of the offices in Neaples