The volume examines the civil governance of Naples under the early seventeenth-century monarch, detailing viceregal administration, public works, and political shifts. It narrates the appointment of the Count of Lemos as viceroy and gives a thorough account of a wide-ranging conspiracy in Calabria led by Tommaso Campanella, recounting his recruitment of Dominican and other monks, the spread of insurrectionary preaching, alleged support among clergy and local nobles, and planned uprisings to free prisoners and destroy records. Chapters combine administrative record, legal proceedings, and contemporary depositions to reconstruct events.