I monasteri delle clarisse a Cagliari e Oristano (secoli XIV-XVI). Fondazione, ruolo sociale, patrimonio artistico

The article focuses on the monasteries of Poor Clares founded between 14th and 16th Centuries in the cities of Cagliari and Oristano: the first one was the capital of the catalan-aragonese kingdom of Sardinia, the second one was the capital of the kingdom or giudicato of Arborea, incorporated into the kingdom of Sardinia in 1420. These two cities had a monastery of Poor Clares in the XIV century . The article traces the origins of these nunneries, the main events and the social role. It focuses also on the surviving medieval heritage in the Clarian church of Oristano and on the Modern Age architecture of the nunneries in Cagliari.