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The thesis proposes a research about pastoral visits which took place in Sardinia, between Middle Age and Modern period and proposes some questions and interpretation points about sardinian documents. We studied and reviewed the papers of pastoral visits of archbishop Federico Visconti (1263), Andrea Sanna (diocese of Ales- Terralba, 1524), Salvatore Alepus (diocese of Sassari, 1553 e 1555). Such a research has permitted to put in place the visitatio institution in Sardinia between Middle Age and Modern period, to detect the richness of contains of sardinian documents, to hightlight some aspects of archbishop behaivor and the religious and social life of the communities. The contains of Quinque Libri of Cagliari diocese has permitted to reenact chronologies of the visitationes throughout XVI century.