Marianus IV, called the Great, was the Judge of Arborea, kingdom in the island of Sardinia, from 1347 to his death. He was, as his nickname indicates, the greatest sovereign of Arborea. He was a legis
Marianus IV of Arborea, church of San Nicola (Ottana)
Eleanor of Arborea or Eleanor De Serra Bas was one of the most powerful and important, and one of the last, judges of the Judicate of Arborea in Sardinia, and Sardinia's most famous heroine. She is al
Marianus IV of Arborea
…of putting down in writing the oral laws and customs of Arborea. The chief legislative work of his lifetime was the Codice Rurale, which his daughter Eleanor later incorporated into her massive Carta de Logu. His great work, however, was cut short by his sudden death of the bubonic plague in 1376. By his…
Portrait by Antonio Benini (19th Century)
Painting of Eleanor's and Brancaleone's marriage
Aymeri VI de Narbonne[who?]
Statue of Eleanor in Oristano. She holds the Carta de Logu, which she enacted, in her hand.