After the death of Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan in 1447, Carrara was fought over by Tommaso Campofregoso, lord of Sarzana, and again the Malaspina family, who moved here the seat of their "signoria" in the second half of the 15th century.
Škofje so jo ponovno pridobili leta 1230, njihova oblast se je končala 1313, ko je mesto pripadlo zaporedoma republikam Pisa, Lucca in Firence.