Sardinia and Corsica from the mid-twelfth to the early fourteenth century
Marco Tangheroni
Around the middle of twelfth century Sardinia was still divided into four small kingdoms, also known as judgeships. In 1187 marquis Massa, Guglielmo, burst on scene in Sardinia; he head one branches Obertenghi clan and supported by commune Pisa. Corsica, unlike Sardinia, had maintained since Lombard Carolingian eras fairly close constant contact with Ligurian Tyrrhenian cities. The reconstruction social economic evolution thirteenth centuries is difficult, view scarcity sources. Immediately after major events took place Sardinia. judge Cagliari, Chiano di hoping to extract himself from Pisan control, came an agreement Genoa, bringing his lands within Genoese sphere.
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