Le armi e l’armatura di Gottifredo di Pietro d’Arborea (prima metà del XIII secolo)

BIANCA FADDA

2024-01-01

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Abstract

In Sardinia ruled by Judexs, lieros de cavallu (free horseman) were big and medium landowners which had to provide their kings with military assistance. Gottifredo quondam Petri d’Arborea was among the most distinguished representatives of this social class. As member of the royal family of Arborea, he owned a rich armour that he showed off during parades organized by the king in order to examine the cavalry, as well as during collective hunts and military expeditions, to which Gottifredo took part, as liber ab equo.