PERIOD ARAGONESE

To the dead women of Giovanna II, happened 2 February 1435 after twenty years of reign, she turned out testamentary heir on the reign Alfonso Of Aragon, the Magnanimous one. Agerola 10 November 1436 raised the Aragonese symbols, other cities of the former Ducato they allied with the Angioini.

In the 1438 Renato d' Angiò divenne king of Naples and Alfonso Of Aragon, after to have prepared the wedding between its aunt Eleonora of Aragon with conte the Raimondo of the Orsini Leap, donated to they the Amalfitano Data and its lands, than, in effects, the spouse already carried in dowry for previous donation.

And while Alfonso withdrew itself to Gaeta, the Agerolesi was rebelled to the gift. that in effects it was equivalent to a infeudamento, much more than Agerola was taxed for 135 ducati annual. During the government of Eleonora a terrible pestilenza was taken place which it provoked to the block of the traffics and the immiseramento of the population. That although, when to July of the 1454 Eleonora in visit to Amalfi, the Agerolesi delivered gifts to them in sign of devozione. In 1458 Alfonso of Aragon died and happened the son. Under these two king bloomed to Agerola the industry of the silk. Alfonso quite made to arrive from Spain of the sheep merino that soon they diffused themselves in the reign. An important relative document to the art of the silk to Agerola is transcribed in the Memories of Matteo Room. It filler among other things: “The main art de this earth is the art of silk spinners, ET you works every year approximately duemilacinquecento pounds of silk; ET holds therefore in job forty filatorii to work ET to twist in they 20,000 pounds of silk the year; the women earn in saying every job year ducati 3000; the men ducati workers thousand ET three hundred; them merchants who make it to work earn for ciascheduna pound at least three carlini”. On this art the governors then with imposing raged themselves pay, whose arrendamento was assured by means of excise taxes. The Agerolesi during the war between Angioini and Aragonesi, they allied in favor of of Angiò, turning the face to Ferdinand, although these had granted to immunity and 20 exemptions March 1459. For all answer, of Angiò they made to train Agerola from such Troilo di Montefalcone.

 

The alternate vicissitudes of the war had term the 6 July 1464, when Ferdinand struck Giovanni d' Angiò in waters of the island of Ischia. During it is made of the war, in close village the Pine took place one frightful fire provoked from hatred between local families. The destruction total of the small center was attributed fantasiosamente to the devastating work of a dog, to whose tail was attacked ignited grass. Ferdinand I, in order to repay the Papa of the aid received during the conflict, gave in spouse to the Piccolomini the daughter Maria, to which granted in dowry the Ducato di Amalfi “cum Civitatibus omnibus, Casalibus Terram Ageruli”.

 

Agerola was subjected to pays for total ducati centotrentacinque beyond to the contribuzione of ducati four salaries for the defense of the amalfitana fortification. Every fire, moreover, had to pay carlini fifteen and grain one in order to conserve the right to a tomolo of knows them red. Against this taxation the 'Universita di Agerola made opposition, succeeding to having one five grain and reduction carlini one for fire. In 1462, satta the Piccolomini, vary fiscal weights weighed on commodities and attivita. In fact ironworks, rights of portolania, rights of mastrodattia, guile iussi to gualchiere, tintorie guile iussi were come to pay guile iussi, straight over the limestone, rights over the factories, rights over the actions, rights of slaughtering and salagione, two pieces for every hundreds manufatti of clay, two coils and means for every cantara of fruit, two scope and half for every hundred and taxes espediente. In positive the Piccolomini they assured the quiet ones publishes Of common of Agerola and Praiano, sending to Agerola a captain and a governor with jurisdiction on both the common ones.

Also then the industry of the salata one of meats of developed pig was a lot. In fact vigeva an agreement trades them between Amalfi and Genoa for the supply of coming from meats salate and filled with smoke from Agerola. Also Piccolomini was careful to the control of the weights and measures, exactly held under eye  particularly the merchants, the molinari and the limekilns. In the 1470 duca it remained vedovo of beautiful duchessa Maria. Agerola to that time counted 134 fires and had straight to it participated  in the nomination of the commander of the galea for the defense of the amalfitana fortification. But in 1480 duca Andrea Damiano Domino arbitrarily the commander. The mayors of Agerola and the others citta and lands of the Amalfitano protested and Of the 1481 the election in word was rifared. ' To how much Agerolesi seems was attacks to you to the Piccolomini, a lot that, to the action of the wedding of the daughters of the duca and its second wedding, sum for the donativo collected one. Ferdinand I, from part its, I discipline to the commerce and step to the imposition of new taxes. What that I provoke to the disappointment of the population and the rebellion of the barons. To complicate the situation July 1480 joined to the onslaught of the Turkish fleet to Otranto the 28.

The king then churches aid to the principles, common people and, even, to the delinquents. To these last ones he quite promised the remission of the crimes. Churches to the officials of the Ducato to try the ill-famed agerolese brigante Baldassarre. With the letter of 10 August 1480 it said: “like sapite good for these 10 things de thurco habiamo need of people much; havimo meant that sure persuni a called Baldassarre de Agerola for sure dobiate crimes which and be inculpato volimo that absolutely subta bona guard 10 sent here to Naples. It was made to deliver from the churches, between which also those of Agerola, candelabri of silver, decrease us of gold and silver, incensieri, etc, promising the restitution with currency cash. Otranto was freed ill0 september 1481, but of the promised indemnification it was not known nuller. After the war it was necessary to take care itself of peace works and to Agerola they came founded beneficence corporations, like that one of the 55. Name of God and the Dead men to Campora and the Mount of Piela in the church of S. Maria the Manna, in omonimo the village. In 1484 Nicholas Pagliaminuta was fiduciary of the such Piccolomini and from this one proposed interesting for the Agerolesi came: to construct one cavalcabile road from Amalfi to Gragnano through Agerola. But ours countrymen were opposed, “a lot attention and trusting ” to defend their hearths. They found lor just the account not to increase the inner roads and ways, to open itself some easy and comfortable accesses you pick other countries limitrofi “Feared irruptions and you onslaught external and, above all, epidemic infections, much then frequent. In 1493 died the Piccolomini and happened the son Alfonso that Giovanna spouse of Aragon. We are by now towards the end of the Aragonese dominion, lasted cinquantanove years; the fine ones was marked in 1503, when the Reign of Naples was conquered from the Spanish.