Thiesi

Thiesi lies in the hills of northern Sardinia, south of Sassari. In 1636 it became part of the Marquisate of Montemaggiore, a fief of the Manca family. The burdens of feudal rule later provoked resistance: in 1795 Thiesi, Bessude and Cheremule agreed to seek its abolition, and in 1796 representatives of thirty-two villages made another pact at Thiesi. Disputes over dues culminated in an armed attack on the village in October 1800.