I monasteri vallombrosani della Sardegna. Edizione e commento di alcuni documenti inediti dalle imbreviature del notaio dell’abate generale di Vallombrosa (1349-1351)

This paper publishes and comments on some notarial documents, dating back to the mid-fourteenth century (1349-1351), relating to the Benedictine monasteries of the Vallombrosian order in Sardinia. Our work is part of a new and more articulate historical and archaeological research on the Vallombrosian settlements in Sardinia, highlighting the heuristic potential of notarial sources concerning the abbey of S. Maria di Vallombrosa in the late Middle Ages. Starting from such unpublished sources, this paper aims to trace a long-term historical profile of the Vallombrosian monasticism in Sardinia, from the settlement of the Benedictine monks on the Island, in the first half of the 12th century, to the early modern age, where the complex conjuncture of the 14th century represents a fundamental turning point.