Stamenti
The assembly of estates in Sardinia , which existed from 1355 to 1847, was called Stamenti . It met in Cagliari .
history
During the long-lasting Catalan and then Spanish rule, the Stamenti had a certain say in the government of the island, including tax approvals. Until the end of the 17th century, they usually met every ten years. Under the rule of the House of Savoy , they were only convened in 1720 and 1721, after which a small commission, which met every three years, represented the Stamenti, particularly in tax matters. In 1793 the Stamenti met on their own initiative in the course of the French invasion attempt and, after the successful defense, demanded more rights for the Sardinian nobility, which was largely rejected. This led to a popular uprising on April 28, 1794, which is commemorated in the Autonomous Region of Sardinia to this day in the Die de sa Sardigna ("Day of Sardinia"). In 1847 the Stamenti voted for the constitutional merger with the mainland possessions of the Savoy, which buried the Sardinian autonomy for around 100 years. The representation of Sardinia took over MPs who in 1848 created the Chamber of Deputies were sent to the mainland. It was not until 1949 that Sardinia received its own regional parliament again.
composition
The assembly of the estates consisted of three stamenti or bracci , which represented the estates customary at the time : in the stamento ecclesiastico the higher clergy was represented, in the stamento militare (or baronale ) the noble feudal lords, in the stamento civile (or demaniale ) representatives of the cities of Cagliari , Sassari , Alghero , Oristano , Iglesias , Bosa and Castel Aragonese .
Others
In 2006, the former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, originally from Sardinia, introduced a draft of a new regional constitution for Sardinia to the Senate , in which the designation stamenti generali was provided for the regional parliament .
literature
- Jocelyn N. Hillgarth: The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250-1516, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1976.
- Geoffrey Symcox: Victor Amadeus II: Absolutism in the Savoyard State, 1675-1730. University of California Press, Berkeley 1983.
- Francesco Cesare Casula: La Storia di Sardegna . Carlo Delfino editore, Sassari 1994.
- Aldo Accardo: L'isola della rinascita. Cinquant'anni di autonomia della Regione Sardegna. Laterza, Rome - Bari 1998.