After the Great Schism , Rome made many efforts to restore Latinity to the Sardinian church , politics and society , and to finally reunify the island under one Catholic ruler , as it had been for all of southern Italy , when the Byzantines had been driven away by Catholic Normans . Even the title of " Judge " was a Byzantine reminder of the Greek church and state , in times of harsh relations between eastern and western churches ( Massacre of the Latins , 1182 , Siege of Constantinople ( 1204 ) , Recapture of Constantinople , 1261 )
Massacre of the Latins , 1182
Massacre of the Latins
Kingdom of Sardinia