| A Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799 In his Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799, Cuoco synthesized the work of Machiavelli, Vico, and Enlightenment philosophers to offer an explanation for why and how revolutions succeed or fail. Haddock Bruce : Bruce Haddock is a professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University. Filippo Sabetti is a professor of Political Science at McGill University. David Gibbons is a translator and researcher based in northern Italy. |