A Companion to Sardinian History, 500–1500

Contents

Acknowledgements IX

List of Figures and Plates xII

Notes on Contributors xXIII

Sardinia as a Crossroads in the Mediterranean: An Introduction 1
Michelle Hobart

Part 1
Setting the Scene

1 Archives and Documents Pertaining to the History of Medieval
Sardinia 51
Olivetta Schena

2 Sardinia in Geographical Descriptions and Maps from the Middle
Ages 68
Nathalie Bouloux

Part 2
History

3 Overview of Sardinian History (500–1500) 85
Laura Galoppini

4 A Revision of Sardinian History between the Eleventh and Twelfth
Centuries 115
Corrado Zedda

5 Medieval and Modern Sicily and the Kingdoms of Sardinia and
Corsica 141
Henri Bresc