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Gli Angiò-Durazzo: La Rappresentazione Del Potere Gli Angiò-Durazzo : la rappresentazione del potere Davide Passerini To cite this version: Davide Passerini. Gli Angiò-Durazzo : la rappresentazione del potere. History. Université d’Avignon; Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, 2020. Italian. NNT : 2020AVIG1204. tel-03142145 HAL Id: tel-03142145 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03142145 Submitted on 15 Feb 2021 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Tesi di dottorato in cotutela tra Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze storiche, archeologiche e storico-artistiche - XXXII ciclo e Université d’Avignon École doctorale 537 Culture et Patrimoine Gli Angiò-Durazzo: la rappresentazione del potere Tutor/Directeur de thèse Ch. Mo Prof. Francesco Senatore Dottorando Tutor/Directeur de thèse Davide Passerini Ch. Mo Prof. Guido Castelnuovo Coordinatore del Dottorato Ch. Mo Prof. Valerio Petrarca Anno accademico: 2019-2020 Indice Premessa .................................................................................................................................................. 6 I parte: Storia ed organizzazione del regno sotto gli Angiò-Durazzo ................................................... 12 Introduzione. Il regno di Napoli nell’Europa in trasformazione ........................................................... 12 Fonti di storia angioina e durazzesca ................................................................................... 16 I documenti della cancelleria angioina ............................................................................ 16 Le cronache ...................................................................................................................... 20 Il panorama bibliografico ................................................................................................. 21 1. Profilo storico della dinastia d’Angiò-Durazzo ................................................................................. 24 1.1 L’incerto cammino degli Angiò-Durazzo prima della conquista di Napoli ................... 24 1.1.1 Il capostipite Giovanni d’Angiò, dalla contea di Gravina al ducato di Durazzo .... 24 1.1.2 Carlo di Durazzo e l’instabile inizio del regno di Giovanna I ................................ 27 1.1.3 Luigi di Durazzo e la difficile riscossa della famiglia ............................................ 30 1.1.4 Una donna di carattere: Giovanna di Durazzo ........................................................ 33 1.1.5 Carlo di Durazzo e la questione della successione dei regni di Ungheria e di Napoli ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 1.2. Il Grande Scisma e l’investitura a Carlo III del regno di Sicilia ................................... 40 1.2.1 Un cammino trionfale: Carlo III sul trono di Napoli .............................................. 41 1.2.2 Le divisioni nel regno e l’invasione di Luigi I di Valois ........................................ 43 1.2.3 Da Nocera a Visegrád: lo scontro con papa Urbano VI e l’avventura ungherese ... 50 1.3 La reggenza di Margherita e l’espansionismo di Ladislao ............................................. 52 1.3.1 Margherita reggente e il problema dell’incoronazione di Ladislao ........................ 52 1.3.2 Ladislao assume il potere: la guerra per riprendere Napoli .................................... 54 1.3.3 La lotta contro i baroni ............................................................................................ 56 1.3.4 L’espansione di Ladislao in Italia centrale ............................................................. 60 1.4 Il turbolento regno di Giovanna II .................................................................................. 63 1.4.1 Alla ricerca della corona ......................................................................................... 63 1.4.2 Il problema della successione di Giovanna II: Alfonso d’Aragona e Luigi III d’Angiò ......................................................................................................................................... 68 1.4.3 Gli anni del crepuscolo ........................................................................................... 71 2. La struttura del potere........................................................................................................................ 76 2.1 L’Amministrazione regia: gli uffici centrali .................................................................. 76 1 2.1.1 L’hospitium regis .................................................................................................... 77 L’hospitium di Carlo III ................................................................................................... 77 L’hospitium di Ladislao ................................................................................................... 84 L’hospitium di Giovanna II ............................................................................................. 86 2.1.2 Giustizia .................................................................................................................. 91 2.1.3 Finanze .................................................................................................................... 92 2.1.4 Esercito ................................................................................................................... 94 2.2 La capitale Napoli come interlocutore politico della dinastia ........................................ 99 2.2.1 Napoli nel XIV secolo e l’appoggio alla dinastia ................................................... 99 2.2.2 Gli Otto del Buono Stato ...................................................................................... 102 2.2.3 I Venti Eletti.......................................................................................................... 104 2.3 Il Regno ........................................................................................................................ 106 2.3.1 Geografia amministrativa...................................................................................... 106 Abruzzo .......................................................................................................................... 107 Molise e Campania ........................................................................................................ 109 Puglia ............................................................................................................................. 111 Basilicata ........................................................................................................................ 111 Calabria .......................................................................................................................... 112 2.3.2 Tra giustizieri e vicegerenti: il vertice delle province ........................................... 112 2.3.3 Giustizia ................................................................................................................ 117 2.3.4 Finanze .................................................................................................................. 121 Economia di “Stato” ...................................................................................................... 124 2.4 Conclusioni .................................................................................................................. 125 II parte. Ideologia del potere ............................................................................................................... 127 Introduzione. Potere: della sua rappresentazione e della sua legittimità ............................................. 127 3. La scrittura e il potere ...................................................................................................................... 133 3.1 Le scritture pubbliche dei Durazzo .............................................................................. 136 3.1.1 La produzione delle scritture: la cancelleria degli Angiò-Durazzo (secoli XIII-XIV) .................................................................................................................................................... 136 Struttura e redazione degli atti ....................................................................................... 136 3.1.2 Tipologie di atti emanati dalla cancelleria: classificazione diplomatistica o contenutistica? ............................................................................................................................ 139 3.2 Il preambolo come inquadramento retorico della decisione sovrana ........................... 140 3.3 I preamboli dei documenti durazzeschi ........................................................................ 142 2 3.3.1 I formulari angioini e i precedenti svevi ............................................................... 142 3.3.2 La rappresentazione del sovrano ..........................................................................
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