Charles of Bourbon, Illuminism, Enlightened Dispotism, The Querelle des anciens et des modernes, ideology of the Caroline monarchy, archaeological discoveries, antiquarianism, Herculanean papyri
Abstract
The paper focuses on the debated "Enlightened reformism" of Charles of Bourbon on the basis of his cultural policy in Naples and in the light of the reasons of his interest in the Vesuvian excavation and in the papyri of Herculaneum.
