ABSTRACT
Local officials across the Regno became nervous of displaying loyalty to Charles; in Salerno rival armed bands kept an uneasy peace. Provencals proved more resilient; there had been more of them to begin with, they were used to the Mediterranean climate, spoke a language already familiar in the Regno, and had learned to live with a political system increasingly similar to the one they found in their new home. The French and Provencal barons of the Regno became the bastion of the new regime, occupying the chief posts in the central administration and in the royal army. The San Martino reforms of 1283, intended to deepen loyalty to the Angevin regime, contained important privileges for the barons of the Regno. Financial management of the Regno was committed to Geoffroi’s brother Pierre, who was given the official position of chamberlain at Charles’s court.
