9. The Spanish governance of the Kingdom of Naples in the 1500s.

And the effects it had on Francavilla Fontana in Terra d'Otranto at the outer reaches of the kingdom.

What I am doing here nine months in? It has taken me until now to kind of figure it out, I think. I thought I was writing chapters of a book, but it’s not what’s going on. I keep getting more and more engrossed into the historical context of the times when previous generations of my family lived. As those of you who have read my essays since last Au…