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Naples enjoyed a brief period of prosperity and importance in Italian affairs under Robert, king of Naples (1309–43), but from the mid-14th to the 15th century, the history of the kingdom was a story of dynastic disputes within the Angevin house.
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The Kingdom of Naples ( Latin: Regnum Neapolitanum; Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule ), was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), when the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by the ...
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Kingdom of Naples 1799–1806. Kingdom of Naples 1806–1815. ∟ client state of the First French Empire. Kingdom of Naples 1815–1816. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1816–1861. Kingdom of Italy 1861–1946. Italian Republic 1946–present. Map of Parthenope (Palaeopolis) and Neapolis. The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek ...
Sep 24, 2020 · The history of Naples and its kingdom (Regno) during these four centuries is one of constant change, foreign influence, and internal turmoil and renewal: in short, a major metropolis of early modern Europe. While these centuries have been intensely studied in Italy and Europe, Anglophone scholarship had been slow to follow the lead.
The Kingdom of Naples. Pedro de Toledo (viceroy 1532–53) reorganized the Kingdom of Naples and placed it firmly within the Spanish monarchical orbit dominated by Castile. Within the kingdom, he oversaw the eradication of the pro-French barons and attempted to install centralized, absolutist policies.
Founded by Greeks in the eighth century BC, Naples can lay claim to being one of the oldest cities in Italy, and its history set it somewhat apart from counterparts farther north. Southern Italy had been governed over the centuries by Byzantine, Lombard, Islamic, Norman, and Hohenstaufen rule.
Aug 5, 2012 · Introduction. In historical discussion of the kingdom of Naples, for hundreds of years the political framework for the south of Italy, the prevailing judgement is often one of immobility, as if the political and social structures of this part of the peninsula have not changed over the centuries.
