Editing Campania (section)

===Feudalism in the Middle Ages===
{{See also|Byzantine Empire|Duchy of Naples|Duchy of Benevento|Principality of Capua|Principality of Salerno|Duchy of Amalfi|Duchy of Sorrento|Duchy of Apulia and Calabria}}

The area had many [[Duchy|duchies]] and [[principalities]] during the [[Middle Ages]], in the hands of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire) and the [[Lombards]]. Under the [[Normans]], the smaller [[List of sovereign states|independent states]] were brought together as part of the [[Kingdom of Sicily]], before the mainland broke away to form the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. It was during this period that elements of [[Spain|Spanish]], [[France|French]] and [[Aragon]]ese culture were introduced to Campania. Allegiances with the Muslim [[Saracens]] were made in 836, and the Arabs were requested to repel the siege of [[Lombards|Lombard]] troops coming from the neighbouring [[Duchy of Benevento]].<ref name=mag>{{harvnb|Magnusson|Goring|1990}}</ref><ref>Hilmar C. Krueger. "The Italian Cities and the Arabs before 1095" in ''A History of the Crusades: The First Hundred Years'', Vol.I. Kenneth Meyer Setton, Marshall W. Baldwin (eds., 1955). University of Pennsylvania Press. p.48.</ref>