Where the Romans met the Greeks : the Italian south in antiquity -- From the terror of the world to the wonder of the world : the kings who created the Italian south -- Sicily splits and Naples rises : the south in the late Middle Ages -- Subject to a distant king : the south in the Spanish Empire -- The Indies over here : church and religion in the early modern south -- Paradise inhabited by devils : culture and society in baroque Naples -- Reason truly is always beautiful : the southern enlightenment -- The grand tour heads south : art, ruins, music, and folklore -- Feast, flour, and gallows : revolution, restoration, and the end of a kingdom -- The south as part of the Italian nation.