Europe · The early medieval west
Giudicato of Cagliari
drawn on the map AD 866–1187
The southern judicate (Sardinian Judicadu de Càralis), capital at Santa Igia (near the city of Cagliari). Established c. 1020 (institutional continuity claimed back to the archontate).
- Shown on the map
- AD 866–1187
- Peak area
- 10k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The southern judicate (Sardinian Judicadu de Càralis), capital at Santa Igia (near the city of Cagliari). Established c. 1020 (institutional continuity claimed back to the archontate). Ruled early by the Lacon-Gunale family; figures include Constantine I (c. 1089–1102), the celebrated Benedetta of Cagliari (1214–1232), and the last judge William III (1256–1258). Increasingly caught between Pisan and Genoese influence, Cagliari was destroyed in 1258 when a coalition of Pisa, Arborea and Sardinian rivals sacked Santa Igia; its territory was partitioned, with Pisa and the della Gherardesca dominating the south.
Common questions
- What was the Giudicato of Cagliari?
- The southern judicate (Sardinian Judicadu de Càralis), capital at Santa Igia (near the city of Cagliari). Established c. 1020 (institutional continuity claimed back to the archontate).
- When is the Giudicato of Cagliari shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Giudicato of Cagliari AD 866–1187. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Giudicato of Cagliari?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Giudicato of Cagliari covered about 10,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each polity as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and the scholarship of Donald Queller, Thomas Madden and Jonathan Harris on the Fourth Crusade, whose post-conspiracy reading of 1204 this document follows. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Judicate of Cagliari en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicate_of_Cagliari
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