A Brief History of the Parthenopian Republic

In 18 o five, napoleon pushed ferdinand aside and placed his own brother joseph on the throne of the kingdom of naples. The people of southern italy did not take kindly to the expulsion of their king nor the arrival of french imperial rule. There was resistance that the french were never able to stamp out but we will now turn to the carbonari. These are the guys who did the necessary and strenuous work of turning wood into coal so that it could used as a source of fuel. It's an occupation that dates back to the misths of pre history, but by the time of the middle ages, it was a profession that existed at the margins of society.