354 Rovina
James II, in 1323.43 Several years later, however, discontent with the new rul-
ers provoked another revolt in the city; repression was followed by the expul-
sion of many Sassarians and a repopulation of people from Catalonia, Aragon,
Valencia, and Tarragon,44 which was imposed by Alfonso the Kind between
1330 and 1331. The same period marked the arrival of the first Jewish commu-
nity in the city. The Iberian component, thus, joined those of the Sardinians,
43 On the Aragonese period, see Simbula and Soddu, “Gli spazi dell’identità,” pp. 165–168.
44 Giuseppe Pala, “Una nota sul ripopolamento di Sassari al tempo di Alfonso il Benigno,”
Anuario de estudios medievales 10 (1980), pp. 853–870.
Figure 13.11
Valencian blue and luster
plate from the well in via
S. Satta. Midfourteenth c.
With kind permission
of the Archaeological
Superintendence of
Sardinia, Italian Ministry
of Arts, Culture and
Tourism.