Book contents
- History in Flames
- History in Flames
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Our Knowledge of the Past
- Chapter 2 Libraries and Archives
- Chapter 3 What Has Been Lost?
- Chapter 4 A Narrow Escape: Beowulf
- Chapter 5 ‘Away with the Learning of the Clerks!’
- Chapter 6 Strasbourg, 24 August 1870: The Garden of Delights
- Chapter 7 Dublin, 30 June 1922: The Public Record Office of Ireland
- Chapter 8 Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
- Chapter 9 Hanover, 9 October 1943: The Ebstorf Map
- Chapter 10 Chartres, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library
- Conclusion
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 8 - Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
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- History in Flames
- History in Flames
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Our Knowledge of the Past
- Chapter 2 Libraries and Archives
- Chapter 3 What Has Been Lost?
- Chapter 4 A Narrow Escape: Beowulf
- Chapter 5 ‘Away with the Learning of the Clerks!’
- Chapter 6 Strasbourg, 24 August 1870: The Garden of Delights
- Chapter 7 Dublin, 30 June 1922: The Public Record Office of Ireland
- Chapter 8 Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
- Chapter 9 Hanover, 9 October 1943: The Ebstorf Map
- Chapter 10 Chartres, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library
- Conclusion
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Summary
An account of the political and military events leading to the destruction of the evacuated documents of the Naples State Archives by German soldiers in September 1943. The nature of the lost material, especially the registers of the Angevin dynasty, and subsequent attempts to recreate what can be known of this material.
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- History in FlamesThe Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts, pp. 118 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024