Naples and Kingdom of Naples 513fertility of the surrounding countryside. Naples passed
under the rule of the NORMANking of SICILY,ROGERII, in
- Its privileges were then limited by its integration
into the centralized, competent, but exploitative feudal
state of the Norman monarchy. It used local nobles as
civil servants to manage the town.
After the Norman dynasty died out in 1194, it
was replaced by the HOHENSTAUFEN and the emperorFifteenth-century view of Naples, Francesco Pagano, Tavola Strozzi, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (Alinari / Art
Resource)