Who was the ruling authority in Calabria that Campanella conspired against?
The Pope
The King of Italy
The Spanish rulers
The French monarchy
Answer
The Spanish rulers were the ones Tommaso Campanella plotted against in Calabria. He was a Dominican friar, theologian, philosopher, astrologer, and poet, and his actions were motivated by a desire to establish a utopian society based on Christian principles and egalitarian ideals.
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