Editing Abruzzo (section)

=== Kingdom of Naples ===
{{See also|Crown of Aragon|Italian War of 1494–1495|List of viceroys of Naples|Habsburg monarchy}}
[[File:Castello Caldoresco di Vasto - anteriore.JPG|thumb|[[Castello Caldoresco]], [[Vasto]]]]
After the rebellion called [[Sicilian Vespers]] and the [[War of the Sicilian Vespers|subsequent war]], in 1302 the [[Peace of Caltabellotta]] divided the former [[Kingdom of Sicily]] as follows: [[Sicily]] to the [[Crown of Aragon]] and the [[Southern Italy|Southern]] [[Italian Peninsula]] (including Abruzzo) still to the [[Capetian House of Anjou]].

The region was profoundly affected during the wars that followed a conspiracy which resulted in the [[Andrew, Duke of Calabria#Murder and aftermath|assassination of Andrew, Duke of Calabria]], the husband of Queen [[Joanna I of Naples]]. Different towns ([[L'Aquila]], [[Penne]], [[Chieti]], [[Lanciano]], [[Ortona]]) sided at first with the brother of the victim, [[Louis I of Hungary]]. In 1443, [[Alfonso V of Aragon]], [[King of Sicily]], conquered the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. In the same years, Abruzzo saw many battles, including the ones associated with the [[War of L'Aquila]]. Under the Aragonese rulers, [[L'Aquila]] started to become a military center, giving up its political and economic importance to [[Chieti]]. This period was characterized by economic decline and the spread of [[brigandage]], but coastal centers were favored by trade with the [[Republic of Venice]]'s overseas territories.

Shortly after the [[Italian War of 1494–1495]] carried out by [[Charles VIII of France]], the [[Kingdom of Naples]] returned to [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]]. In this and in the following conflict between the [[Kingdom of France]] and the [[Kingdom of Spain]] over the [[Kingdom of Naples]], Abruzzo sided with France, but Spain won in 1503 and started to dominate the [[Kingdom of Naples]] with its [[viceroys]].

In Abruzzo, the aristocracy vainly tried to regain more control when there was a [[Neapolitan Republic (1647–1648)|rebellion in the Kingdom of Naples]] led by a [[fisherman]] named [[Masaniello]] in 1647.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the region was affected by destructive earthquakes, which also devastated [[L'Aquila]] ([[1703 Apennine earthquakes]]) and [[Sulmona]] ([[1706 Abruzzo earthquake]]), and the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], with the [[Austria]]n siege at [[Pescara]] in 1707. In 1734, [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]] of the [[House of Bourbon]], King of Spain, ended the short [[Habsburg monarchy|Hasburg Austrian]] domination, which contributed to [[Concentration of land ownership|large land concentrations]] in Abruzzo.<ref name=Sapere.it/><ref name="auto2">{{treccani|regno-di-napoli_(Dizionario-di-Storia)|Regno di Napoli|2010}}</ref><ref name=Italiana/>