The essay is a study on the constitutional changes that can be observed both in the new Sicilian kingdom born after the Vespers of 1282 and the Angevin kingdom of Naples. The problem of achieving the consent from the society of the kingdoms was a compelling one for the Angevin king, who suffered the rebellion in Sicily, due – as said – to bad government; in the insular kingdom of Sicily, which was in the sphere of influence of the Crown of Aragon, the Aragonese model of a ‘constitutional’ monarchy, with a multiplicity of subjects (cities, nobles) involved in the government of the land contributed to shape a new order. The remarkable fact is that, despite the different reasons and trends, both institutional models followed the same trend. It is also due to the influence of the political culture of the Papacy – who supported the Angevins - and to the role played by outstanding personalities like Arnau de Vilanova in Sicily. In conclusion, both the ‘separated’ kingdoms followed a similar way in shaping the relationship between rulers and subjects: tax moderation, limits to the powers of king’s officials and – in Sicily – rising of parliamentary assemblies and of self-administration of the cities.

Il saggio analizza comprativamente il cambiamento del modello di monarchia nei regni di Sicilia citra e ultra Pharum in conseguenza della rivolta antiangioina del Vespro in Sicilia e dell'immissione del regno isolano nell'orbita della Corona d'Aragona. La forte spinta della Curia pontificia nel senso del tempramento della fiscalità e del minor peso degli ufficiali stranieri nel governo del regno angioino conduce a un'assimilazione delle strutture e delle dinamiche politiche e istituzionali di questo con quelle del nuovo regno siciliano, sul quale ha forte influsso la tradizione "pattista" aragonese. L'analisi è condotta prevalentemente sulle fonti normative dell'epoca, rivelatrici di tale trasformazione rispetto al modello della monarchia federiciana e angioina dei primi tempi.

Corrao, P. (2017). Crisi e ricostruzione del consenso nel regno di Sicilia fra dinastia angioina e aragonese. In M.P. Alberzoni, R. Lambertini (a cura di), AUTORITA' E CONSENSO. REGNUM E MONARCHIA NELL’EUROPA MEDIEVALE (pp. 305-320). Milano : Vita e Pensiero.

Crisi e ricostruzione del consenso nel regno di Sicilia fra dinastia angioina e aragonese

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2017-01-01

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The essay is a study on the constitutional changes that can be observed both in the new Sicilian kingdom born after the Vespers of 1282 and the Angevin kingdom of Naples. The problem of achieving the consent from the society of the kingdoms was a compelling one for the Angevin king, who suffered the rebellion in Sicily, due – as said – to bad government; in the insular kingdom of Sicily, which was in the sphere of influence of the Crown of Aragon, the Aragonese model of a ‘constitutional’ monarchy, with a multiplicity of subjects (cities, nobles) involved in the government of the land contributed to shape a new order. The remarkable fact is that, despite the different reasons and trends, both institutional models followed the same trend. It is also due to the influence of the political culture of the Papacy – who supported the Angevins - and to the role played by outstanding personalities like Arnau de Vilanova in Sicily. In conclusion, both the ‘separated’ kingdoms followed a similar way in shaping the relationship between rulers and subjects: tax moderation, limits to the powers of king’s officials and – in Sicily – rising of parliamentary assemblies and of self-administration of the cities.
2017
Corrao, P. (2017). Crisi e ricostruzione del consenso nel regno di Sicilia fra dinastia angioina e aragonese. In M.P. Alberzoni, R. Lambertini (a cura di), AUTORITA' E CONSENSO. REGNUM E MONARCHIA NELL’EUROPA MEDIEVALE (pp. 305-320). Milano : Vita e Pensiero.
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