Resources and strategies of new rulers: Early angevin rule in Southern Italy (1266 - 1309)

Abstract

The regions of Southern Italy which in 1130 were elevated to the status of a kingdom - the Regnum Siciliae - were a central zone of contact and exchange in the Mediterranean world. As such, they provide a promising case for studying the means of coping, adaptation, and transformation in the face of political change and its implications. Until well into the fourteenth century, the regions of the Regno were characterized by the multitude of social and spatial structures of its various ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.