Aversa was the first of the Norman territories in the Mediterranean. In 1027, it was ceded to the Normans, to be ruled at first by Rainulf Drengot, a cadet of the seigneurs of Quarrel near Alençon; he was invested as count by Sergio IV, duca di Napoli and confirmed by Emperor Henry II e poi dell'Imperatore Enrico II. By offering a generous principle of asylum for the persecuted Rainulfo enlarged the power and importance of his little borgowhich became the base from which the Normans became a force in Sicily and Italy. The most important of t ...

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