Talk:Ettore Carafa

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An editor has claimed that the legacy paragraph is fantasy. Rereading it from the standpoint of the sources, I disagree. I append the text here, and would be delighted to hear which parts of this are "fantasy". Is it that there was not a "brutal reactionary purge"? Do I have to footnote "tragic young patriots seeking liberty" or only those from Naples?

Text: Ettore's life was short; the battles won by his legions, meager; and at the time of his death, the republic was overthrown, and Naples was in the thrall of a brutal reactionary purge. However, the King and Queen would again flee when the Napoleonic armies swept again into Campania, this time maintaining rule through French authorities, including King Joachim Murat from 1808 till 1815, when the Bourbon monarchy was restored. Ultimately, while the accomplishments of Ettore were limited, the echo of his passion reverberated among Romantic revolutionary movements in Southern Italy.

He rebelled against his upbringing: an aristocrat who fought for the rights of all men; a literate young man versed in cavalry battles. Ultimately, Ettore joined the legions of the tragic young patriots seeking liberty, who were executed by the Neapolitan "Ancien Régime".

Rococo1700 (talk) 11:45, 2 April 2015 (UTC)