ABSTRACT

The fall of the Neapolitan Republic was marked by extreme popular violence. Concentrating attention on the months following the reconquest of Naples, this chapter documents multiple uses of the remains of the Jacobins after their death. In particular, the focus is on the fact that in several cases the torment of the victims reached the level of anthropophagy. This was a case of Western cannibalism and it reveals a phenomenon that was more widespread in Europe than might be imagined.