Ordini religiosi e politica regia Nella Sardegna catalano-aragonese della prima metà del XIV secolo

Abstract

The Catalan king James the Second and his son, the Infant Alfonso, thought that the support of the local clergy support was of fundamental importance in undertaking the conquest of the Pisan territories in Sardinia. The documents found in the Crown of Aragon Archives point out the importance attached by the Catalan-Aragonese sovereigns to the Mendicant Orders, especially the Franciscans and the Dominicans, as a vehicle for the Catalanization of the island, and the efforts made to gain their loyalty. The documents also show that the Catalan-Aragonese occupation marked the definitive decline of the Monastic Benedictine Orders, which had already largely decayed, although they were still possessors of vast territories.