In Praise of Interventionism: The Turkish Threat and the Kingdom of Naples at the Time of Alfonso the Magnanimous

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https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/12882

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Alfonso the Magnanimous, Kingrom of Naples, Oriental Politics, Anti-Turkish War

Abstract

During the 15th century, the progressive Turkish expansion into the southern Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean posed a growing threat to the powers present in that region. Italy was obviously heavily involved. This work analyzes the role of Alfonso the Magnanimous and the Kingdom of Naples in this context through the most up-to-date bibliographical references, attempting to offer some new insights.

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Francesco Storti, University of Naples Federico II

Francesco Storti teaches Medieval History at the Federico II University of Naples. He has dealt with military institutions, diplomatic communication, monarchical ideology and urban political space. He has published a volume of the Sforza correspondence (1998), Spaces and times of the war in the Aragonese South (with F. Senatore 2002); The Neapolitan army in the second half of the fifteenth century (2007); "The good mariner". Political psychology and monarchical ideology at the time of Ferdinand I of Aragon, king of Naples (2014), The lancers of the king. Army and city communities in Southern Aragonese (2017).

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2025-12-04

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Storti, F. (2025). In Praise of Interventionism: The Turkish Threat and the Kingdom of Naples at the Time of Alfonso the Magnanimous. CESURA - Rivista, 4(2), 327–348. https://doi.org/10.6093/2974-637X/12882

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): CESURA - Rivista, 4/2 (2025)

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