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Michele Zanche
Michele Zanche ( 1203 - Sassari, 1275) was an Italian politician, best known as a character in Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy'', where he is mentioned in Canto XXII of '' Inferno'', in the fifth bolgia of the eighth circle, among the barrators, together with , vicar of Nino Visconti judge of Gallura. He married Simona Doria, from the famous and wealthy Genoese family. Biography No direct ancestry is known. The surname Zanca (which in the documentation also presents the variants ''Thanca'', ''Çanca'', ''Tanca''; the spelling ''Zanche'' is to be understood as the Latin form in the genitive) has been documented in northern Sardinia since the 11th–12th centuries, as testified by '' condaghes'' and other sources in which individuals of servile status are mentioned, as well as local officials, without further specification of their geographical origin and kinship. He was seneschal of King Enzo of Hohenstaufen, husband of the judge Adelasia of Torres: he won her trust and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1203
Year 1203 ( MCCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was also the first year to have all digits different from each other since 1098. Events By place Fourth Crusade * April 20 – The Crusader army evacuates Zara (modern Zadar) and sets sail to Corfu; Boniface of Montferrat and Doge Enrico Dandolo stay behind to await Prince Alexios Angelos. After a brief pause at Durrës (modern Albania), the fleet reaches Corfu. Meanwhile, news of its approach (through spies) has reached Emperor Alexios III Angelos at Constantinople. He gives order to strengthen the city walls and the fortifications. * May – June – The Crusader fleet rounds Greece and stops at Negroponte (modern-day Halkis), where the local authorities submit to Alexios Angelos. Encouraged by this, the Crusader leaders send him and several ships to extend his authority over the neighboring island of Andros. Mid-June, the Crusader fleet sails from Greece to Abydos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Of Gallura
Ubaldo II Visconti, son of Lamberto di Eldizio and Elena de Lacon, was the Judge of Gallura from 1225 to his death in 1238. He ruled every ''giudicato'' on the island of Sardinia at one point or another save Arborea. By a pact signed November 1218 with Marianus II of Torres, his father secured his marriage to Adelasia, Marianus' eldest child. The marriage was celebrated in 1219. Pope Honorius III, enemy of the Pisans, immediately sent his chaplain Bartolomeo to annul the marriage, but he failed and the pact between Pisa and Logudoro stood. Ubaldo inherited the Giudicato of Gallura in 1225. In 1230, when his uncle, Ubaldo I Visconti, died, he invaded the ''giudicato'' of Cagliari to assure the continued influence of his Pisan family there. He subsequently exercised the regency for Benedetta until 1232. Marianus died in 1232 and, by his will, was succeeded by his son Barisone III. Upon Barisone's death (1236) without heirs, also as stipulated by Marianus' will, the Logudorese m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1275 Deaths
Year 1275 ( MCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Neopatras: Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos assembles a Byzantine expeditionary force (some 30,000 men), mostly mercenaries from Bulgaria, Serbia and the Sultanate of Rum. He places these forces under his own brother, John Palaiologos, and General Alexios Kaballarios. Michael sends them against Thessaly, and is supported by the Byzantine navy led by Admiral Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos, who is ordered to attack the Latin principalities and prevent them from aiding John I ("Angelos"), ruler of Thessaly. John is caught by surprise by the rapid advance of the Byzantine forces and is bottled up with a garrison in his capital of Neopatras, which the Byzantines proceed to lay siege. John manages to escape: he climbs down the walls of the fortress with a rope and walks through the Byzantine lines. After 3 days, John reaches Thebes, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1203 Births
Year 1203 ( MCCIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was also the first year to have all digits different from each other since 1098. Events By place Fourth Crusade * April 20 – The Crusader army evacuates Zara (modern Zadar) and sets sail to Corfu; Boniface of Montferrat and Doge Enrico Dandolo stay behind to await Prince Alexios Angelos. After a brief pause at Durrës (modern Albania), the fleet reaches Corfu. Meanwhile, news of its approach (through spies) has reached Emperor Alexios III Angelos at Constantinople. He gives order to strengthen the city walls and the fortifications. * May – June – The Crusader fleet rounds Greece and stops at Negroponte (modern-day Halkis), where the local authorities submit to Alexios Angelos. Encouraged by this, the Crusader leaders send him and several ships to extend his authority over the neighboring island of Andros. Mid-June, the Crusader fleet sails from Greece to Abydos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barratry (other)
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Barratry is a legal term with several meanings. It can refer to: *Simony, its original meaning in English, along with the sale of public offices. *Barratry (common law), litigation for the purpose of harassment or profit *Ambulance chasing, when a lawyer seeks clients at a disaster site *Barratry (admiralty law), misconduct by crew of a ship resulting in its damage * Barratry, an old name for graft (politics) Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption defined as the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. Political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinola Family
The House of Spinola, or Spinola family, is a Genoese noble family which played a leading role in the Republic of Genoa. Their influence was at its greatest extent in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Notable members Guido Spinola was one of the first important members of the family. He served as Consul of Genoa in 1102. The family, which founded its wealth on trading, finance and the acquisition of land, originates from Guido and Oberto, grandsons of Belo Bozumi. The next Spinola to come to prominence after Guido was Oberto Spinola, Oberto. In May 1262 he joined forces with Oberto Doria to drive the foreign capitano del popolo of Genoa, Guglielmo Boccanegra, from power and reform the government. They replaced him with two captains of the people, elected for 22 years, under Oberto Spinola and Oberto Doria. How long Oberto Spinola remained as Captain of the people is not clear. However, his son Corrado Spinola was a leading admiral in the Genoese war with Pisa. In 1266 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicate Of Arborea
The Judicate of Arborea (; ; ) or the Kingdom of Arborea (; ; ) was one of the four independent judicates into which the island of Sardinia was divided in the Middle Ages. It occupied the central-west portion of the island, wedged between Logudoro to the north and east, Cagliari to the south and east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. To the northeast of Logudoro was Gallura, with which Arborea had far less interaction. Arborea outlasted her neighbours, surviving well into the 15th century. At its greatest territorial extent it occupied the entire island except the cities of Alghero and Cagliari. The earliest known judicial seat was Tharros, though Oristano served as capital for most of its existence. Origins Sardinia was an imperial province of the Byzantine Empire until the early 9th century, when the aggressive expansion and relentless piracy of the Arabs and Berbers of North Africa left the central authorities of the Empire unable to effectively defend or consistently g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaspina Family
The House of Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descended from Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany, Boniface I, through the Obertenghi line, that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th centuries, and the Province of Massa and Carrara, marquisate of Massa and lordship of Carrara (which later became the Duchy of Massa and Carrara and at a later time the Principality of Massa and the Marquisate of Carrara) since the 14th century. History The founder of the Malaspina family was Oberto I, who became the count of Luni, Italy, Luni in 945. Oberto I was appointed as the marquis of the March of Genoa under the Italian king Berengar II of Italy, Berengario II in 951 and he became a count palatine in 953. Oberto I had two children; Oberto II, who inherited the title of count of Luni from his father, and Adalberto I, whose offspring founded the Pallavicini family, Pallavicino and the Cavalcabò families. Oberto II had four children; Bertha of Milan, the spouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicate Of Torres
The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was one of the four kingdoms or ''iudicati'' into which Sardinia was divided during the Middle Ages. It occupied the northwest part of the island from the 11th through the 13th century, bordering the Gallura to the east, Arborea to the south, and Cagliari to the southeast. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The region is still called Logudoro today. Logudoro was the largest and earliest of the ''iudicati'' but also the second to be subsumed by a foreign power. It was divided into twenty ''curatoriae'', ruled by ''curatores''. History Sardinia was an imperial province of the Byzantine Empire until the 9th century, when the Arabs and Berbers began pursuing aggressive policies of expansion and piracy in the Mediterranean. The gradual conquest of Sicily by these groups from 827 on effectively cut Sardinia off from the central government and military might of the Empire, and the Byza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurra
The Nurra is a geographical region in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy. It is the second-largest plain of the island, located between the towns of Sassari, Porto Torres and Alghero. It covers a surface of 700 km2 and is bounded by the Sardinian Sea on the west and by the Gulf of Asinara on the north. Nurra was once an important mining center, with Argentiera being the principal village, though today it is a ghost town. The Nurra, before the works of land reclamation initiated under Fascism (which were also continued in after World War II by the ETFAS, Ente Trasformazione Fondiaria Agricola Sarda), and despite being next to one of the most populated areas of Sardinia, has one of the lowest population densities in Italy, with 5 inhabitants per km2, primarily, due to the drought and to the presence of malaria, eliminated only in the 20th century. History In the Middle Ages Nurra was a '' curatoria'' in the Giudicato di Torres, rich with salt mills and silver mines. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1259
Year 1259 ( MCCLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * September – Battle of Pelagonia: The Empire of Nicaea defeats the Principality of Achaea, ensuring the eventual reconquest of Constantinople in 1261. * December 4 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy), in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. * The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed (the church and its murals are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site). * The German cities of Lübeck, Wismar, and Rostock enter into a pact to defend against pirates of the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Hanseatic League. * Nogai Khan leads the second Mongol Golden Horde attack against Lithuania, and Poland. * Epirote–Nicaean conflict. Asia * August 11 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgos, Italy
Burgos () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,023 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Burgos borders the following municipalities: Bottidda, Esporlatu, Illorai Illorai is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari. Illorai borders the following municipalities: Bolotana, Bonorva, Bottidda, Burgos, .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:3000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
