This article will consider the polycentric topography of politics in the centres of southern Italy between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. The institutional fluidity which characterized the universitates of the Kingdom of Naples determined the use of different types of ‘informal’ spaces by the municipal bodies which administered the cities via groups of local elites and royal officials. These included wide, hybrid spaces, such as city squares and markets, smaller structured spaces such as the open loggias and archways, as well as shops and taverns. Within a context of ‘spatial fluidity’ which implied the parallel use and interchange of such spaces, the article will look to the use of spolia, namely ancient sculptures and inscriptions, and of new all’antica artistic and architectural features to confer administrative and juridical authority to spaces that were intended to host multiple functions.

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中世纪和近代早期意大利南部的空间流动性和非正式的政治场所


本文将考虑中世纪晚期和近代早期之间意大利南部中心的多中心政治地形。那不勒斯王国大学的制度流动性决定了通过地方精英和王室官员团体管理城市的市政机构对不同类型的“非正式”空间的使用。这些空间包括宽阔的混合空间，如城市广场和市场，较小的结构空间，如开放式凉廊和拱门，以及商店和小酒馆。在“空间流动性”的背景下，这意味着这些空间的平行使用和互换，本文将着眼于 spolia 的使用，即古代雕塑和铭文，以及新的 all'antica 艺术和建筑特征，以赋予旨在承载多种功能的空间行政和司法权力。