Istoria civile del Regno di Napoli, v. 1

The work offers a detailed civil history of the kingdom, tracing successive rulers and institutional changes that shaped governance and law; it emphasizes the interaction and frequent tensions between secular authority and ecclesiastical jurisdiction, documents abuses and administrative disorder under varied regimes, and records reforms that restored fiscal order, clarified legal boundaries, and promoted local privileges and trade. It analyzes feudal succession, the appointment of foreign and native officeholders, and royal measures to protect public revenues and regulate benefices. Throughout, it argues for the legitimacy of royal prerogatives and for harmonizing church discipline with state administration to secure peace and prosperity.