The Kingdom of Naples: the Durazzo and Aragonese Families (1381-1501)

Under the Aragonese family (1442-1501), the kingdom of Naples played an important role in European politics. The Neapolitan court was a center of arts and culture thanks to the kings (Alfonso V the Magnanimous, Ferdinand I, Alfonso duke of Calabria) and to the relations between catalan, spanish, flemish, burgundian, roman, florentine, lombard, venetian artists, architects and literates. Less important was the court under the Anjou-Durazzo (1381-1435) and René of Anjou (1438-1442), and during the 16th century. Today there is still a good reason to speak of the myth of Aragonese Naples.