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The numerous public figures who contributed towards sparking the revolt, and also towards shaping its aftermath, are indicative of the divisions and conflicting elements at the heart of Neapolitan society. However, it is right to include their political narratives in the context of the Spanish and European Early Modern Age, paying close attention to the values and mentality of these people. The people’s lawyers, according to all sources, exploited the plebeians in order to regain leadership positions in the courts, from which they had been displaced gradually by the end of the twenties of the seventeenth century. The Collateral Council and the Seggio of the people were, in this phase, privileged observatories from which to assess the strategies and the social and institutional conflicts that erupted during the uprising.