PERIOD SVEVO

In the May of 1198 it salted to the throne of Sicily Federico II of Svevia, which for its smaller age was placed under the protection of Papa Innocenzo III.

22 November of 1220 Federico II, being in thanks of the papacy, came incoronato emperor of the Sacred Roman Empire. As first provision it granted of privileges and therefore also Agerola, embezzled to the baronial infuence, he was conserved in the Regal Federal property. Then it organized deeply the civil service them and above all it red-establish the authority direction against the residual feudaleschi regurgitations. It ordered that in every common they were held on account local habits, circumstances and principles and that you operated a mayor like defender of the city, collaborated from a main juror, a treasurer and a notary public. Between the works from he realized goes remembered the institution of the University of Naples. We have news that under its reign and just in 1238, was judge in Agerola Giovanni Vespolo. Between many lights and some shadow it turns out that Federico II was animated from too many principles of absolutism and in the fiscal esazioni he was of damage to the common ones.

During its reign the castle of Sunsets was garrisoned from men of Sunsets, Maiori and Agerola, which were held also to the maintenance of the complex. That one of Pino had to be, instead, repaired, because malridotto. II 13 Decembers 1250 Federico II died to single 56 years. It had decided with testament that the natural son Manfredi temporarily resisted like Vicario the Reign of Naples. But Papa Innocenzo IV pretensions the sovereignty of the Church on the Reign.

Then Agerola churches to the Pope some privileges lost and Innocenzo IV glieli came to an agreement with bubble of 5 December 1254. But its successor, Alexander IV, infeudò the lands of the Ducato 9 Amalfitano and assigned February to them of 1254 to Blockhead, Ottone and Ludovico di Hohembruk, faithfuls supporters of the papacy ('). Manfredi, repurchased the reign, still governed for some years and during its power it authorized the two fairs that keep to 4 Amalfi 30 October and November in occasion of the festivity in honor of S. Andrea. And to Agerola in 1257 two came to an agreement privilege: the inclusion in the Regal Federal property and the right to the nomination of just a judge. provided that it was native of the amalfitano state. Come in conflict with the Angioini, it was defeated from Carl of Angiò near Benevento in 1268. Space was the attempt of Corradino di Svevia, ended on the scaffold to Public square Market to Naples.

The period finished therefore svevo.