Renaissance
Pisa retained control of the island during most of the Middle Ages but at the start of the Renaissance it fell to Genoa in 1282, following the Battle of Meloria against Pisa.
Corsica successively was part of the Republic of Genoa for five centuries. Despite take-overs by Aragon between 1296–1434 and France between 1553–1559, Corsica would remain under Genoese control until the Corsican Republic of 1755 and under partial control until its purchase by France in 1764.
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