The Calabrian Charlatan, 1598-1603

The Calabrian Charlatan, 1598-1603

by H. Eric R. Olsen

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"In 1598 a man - branded the Calabrian Charlatan by his opponents - appeared in Venice claiming to be King Sebastian, the Portuguese monarch who disappeared in battle some twenty years before. Over the next five years, the Venetians, the Spanish and the Portuguese wrangled over the true character and identity of the man. Was he a lunatic? Was he an impostor? Was he a messianic king? Eric Olsen uses this strange event to explore Portuguese millenarianism and how a group of Portuguese rebels sought to exploit it to free their nation from Spanish rule. Along the way, he analyzes broader issues in early modern European politics such as the fragility of the state, the function of exemplary justice, the influence of popular beliefs, and the role of rumor."--BOOK JACKET.

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