A Companion to Sardinian History, 500–1500

Establishing Power And Law 251 In the heart of the new marquisate of Oristano, the flames of anti-Aragonese dissidence continued ...

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Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 253 granted to the feudal class on an institutional level, was accelerated by the shif ...

254 Murgia The attention of local ruling castes focused primarily on public appoint- ments, the sale of offices, the possibility ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 255 immune to these attacks, as raiders consequently sacked villages and captured inha ...

256 Murgia enormous task imposed on it by its adhesion to the Mediterranean politics of the Crown. Given its position in the str ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 257 distinct assemblies, each of which represented a social order or caste: the feu- d ...

258 Murgia delicate equilibrium of the kingdom’s government to the complete advantage of the Crown. The institution or reform of ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 259 For the naturales (those born on the island)—as was the case in the king- doms gov ...

260 Murgia of the vicereine, in the second, the court proceedings lasted much longer and ended in the defendant’s condemnation t ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 261 imprisonments, predominantly of poor people condemned for bigamy and illicit cohab ...

262 Murgia Mediterranean and Europe. In fact, after the peace treaty with France drawn up in Vervins in 1598, the Spanish Crown— ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 263 In the twenty years of Philip III’s rule (1598–1621) Sardinia seems to have enjoye ...

264 Murgia sheep farming. Nevertheless, this was the price that the island had to pay for the privileged class’s support for the ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 265 and human resources to save Spain. In April 1652, Spain exported the plague from B ...

266 Murgia long discussions, none of which led to a joint solution. Faced with a deadlock, the viceroy informed Madrid of his de ...

Spanish Sardinia: Conflicts And Alliances 267 24-year-old lover and cousin, Don Silvestro Aymerich, a cadet of the counts of Vil ...

268 Murgia to firmly establish themselves as the new ruling class. In fact, this was largely the same class, constantly restorin ...

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