Political conflicts and written records in Aragonese Sardinia. A law dispute in 15th century Cagliari
Journal title SOCIETÀ E STORIA
Author/s Lorenzo Tanzini
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/132
Language Italian Pages 28 P. 221-248 File size 536 KB
DOI 10.3280/SS2011-132001
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The essay aims to analyse a case of institutional conflict in 15th century Sardinia, under the government of the Crown of Aragon, in order to explain the relations between different levels of power. The subject is a complex judiciary suit, started in 1467 and involving royal officers, baronial families and the urban government of Cagliari, about a great sum of money that the Da Sena family owed to a Catalan-Sardinian merchant. Town magistrates, in particular, proved to be very skilful in allying with the royal representatives against the interests of feudal families; on the other hand, the consiglieri of Cagliari and even the local Locumtenens used the advise of urban lawyers to defend their privileges agains the authoritarian efforts of the Crown. The fact that the documentary records of the case were copied for the Cagliari town archives is a clear example of how the written record could become a symbol of municipal purposes.
Keywords: Sardinia, Crown of Aragon, institutional conflicts, arhives, written records
Lorenzo Tanzini, Conflitti politici e strategie documentarie nella Sardegna aragonese. Una causa cagliaritana quattrocentesca in "SOCIETÀ E STORIA " 132/2011, pp 221-248, DOI: 10.3280/SS2011-132001