Thaddeus of Naples

[4][5] He displays his wide reading by quoting from Augustine, Boethius, Horace, Jerome, Orosius and Statius.

[4] He is especially critical of the merchant class, singling out the Pisans and Venetians for special opprobrium and accusing them of collaboration with the enemy.

His favourite medieval author was Joachim of Fiore, whose prophetic ideas were influential in the Kingdom of Naples.

The final section is an exhortation to conquer Jerusalem addressed to the pope and all Christian sovereigns (1528–1610).

The best copy, which served as the base text for the most recent critical edition, is London, British Library, Add.

Start of Thaddeus' History in the manuscript Madrid 9201. The red text ( rubric ) names the author and the work. The decorative initial U begins the address Universis Christi fidelibus , "to all Christ's faithful".