Angela, perhaps my link to the Bourbon website was unfortunate, but I thought it gave a nice account of Cardinal Ruffo. I am not a Neo-Bourbon fanatic, and the Ruffo family in any case goes back to Norman times, if not further (some say Byzantine antecedents).
And I suspect you are unfamiliar with Peter Nichols. His book on Cardinal Ruffo hardly qualifies as propaganda. The mood of the book is one of deep ambivalence, and told from the perspective of a fictitious schoolteacher who accompanied Ruffo on his campaign. The teacher serves as Ruffo's emissary to Crotone and, yes, Altamura, which is why the book should be of particular interest to Jovialis.
Peter Nichols is also the author of "Politics of the Vatican" (1967) and "Italia, Italia" (1974)
This is the Kirkus Review of "Italia, Italia" ---->
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/peter-nichols-3/italia-italia/
And this is the Kirkus Review of "Politics of the Vatican" ---->
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/peter-nichols-2/the-politics-of-the-vatican/
But yes, your instincts about me (as opposed to Nichols) are accurate insofar as I do not support the political center or our current elites, who are pretty damn dangerous, nay, destructive, and have been left unanswered for far too long.
And that is all I shall say. My apologies for responding to Jovialis in good faith, who, I should point out, raised this "non academic" subject.