La Sardegna medioevale nella Cronaca di Giovanni della Grossa (sec. XV)

Abstract

The chronicle written by Giovanni della Grossa in the middle of the fifteenth century, ¡s the oldest chronicle about medieval Corsica. In his work, that relates the history of Corsica from its origins to 1464. the writer refers to the nearby island of Sardinia many times. So, through the narration of Corsica's history, some episodes emerge of Sardinian history. The article examines the motives and the ways of the Sardinia's presence in the corse chronicle. Even if this chronicle can't be used as a historical source for the IX to the XIII centuries, there emerges from it a picture of the "giudicale" Sardinia, while the story of the writer della Grossa is an important source for the relations between Corsica, the Crown of Aragon and the catalan-aragonese Sardinia in the XIV-XV centuries.