558 timeline
1327: Civic self-government sanctioned by extension to Cagliari; “feudalism” is imposed
on Sardinia’s population
1329: Pope John XXII issues a decree reserving the nomination of all bishops to the
Holy See
1330–1331: Arrival of the first Jewish community in the city of Sassari; Alfonso the
Kind forcibly repopulates the city with people from Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia,
Tarragon, and Jews
1331–1341: Construction of the Aragonese castle in Sassari
1332: Sovereign’s Decree and growth of the Jewish population prompted by the exemp-
tions conceded by the Aragonese sovereigns
1338: First excommunication of the Aragonese king Peter IV Cerimonioso
1341: Synagogues and cemeteries begin to keep records
1342: Clement VI renews the decree, reserving the nomination of all bishops to the
Holy See
1350–1392: Sicily dissolves into a feudal system
1354: Royal expedition to Sardinia Guidici of Arborea wages war against Aragon;
Peter IV of Aragon crush the revolt of Alghero
1355: First parliament of Sardinia
1370: Pope almost rescinds the king of Aragon’s entitlement to Sardinia
1372: Expulsion of Sardinians, Ligurians, and other non-Iberians citizens by Peter IV
1376: Mariano dies
1391: Brancaleone Doria captures part of the island
1392–1398: Catalan conquest of Sicily
Fifteenth century: the expansionist agenda of the Spanish Crown causes Sardinia to
lose importance as a strategic point for preserving the kingdom’s command over
the Mediterranean
1404: Elenora d’Arborea dies
1408–1409: Conquest of Sardinia by Sicily, Catalan nobility is mobilized on the island
1409: The Aragonese crushed a Genoese fleet coming to support the Sardinians
1410: The Guidicato of Arborea preserve their autonomy
1410–1411: Sicily and Sardinia become a single political ensemble as dependencies of
the Crown of Aragon
1420: William II of Narbonne, the last Giudice of Arborea, sold his remaining territories
to the Aragonese
1421: Alfonso V, authorized the aristocracy to settle in cities, as well as a second
parliament
1432: Jews receive same privileges and exemptions as the Christians in Alghero
1441: Alghero adopts Barcelona’s municipal regiment
1446: Feudatories sought and obtained the right to unite as a military section
Mid-fifteenth century: Economic revival of Sassari