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Francesco Cesare Casula (born 12 September 1933) is a Sardinian historian from Italy.


Biography

Born in Livorno, Casula lived there until 1949 when, because of his father's death caused by an Allied bombardment of the city, his entire family moved to Cabras. While living there, he continued his studies at the De Castro high school of
Oristano Oristano (; sc, Aristanis ) is an Italian city and ''comune'', and capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the pr ...
. A pupil of Ovidio Addis and Alberto Boscolo, he graduated in literature in
Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
in 1959, immediately starting a university career and subsequently specializing in Languages at the
University of Palermo The University of Palermo ( it, Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties. History The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its ...
. In 1969 he obtained the ''Libera Docenza'' in
Paleography Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysi ...
and
Diplomatics Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...
, and started teaching
History of Sardinia Archaeological evidence of prehistoric human settlement on the island of Sardinia is present in the form of nuraghes and other prehistoric monuments, which dot the land. The recorded history of Sardinia begins with its contacts with the various ...
at the
University of Sassari The University of Sassari ( it, Università degli Studi di Sassari, UniSS) is a university located in Sassari, Italy. It was founded in 1562 and is organized in 13 departments. The University of Sassari earned first place in the rankings for t ...
during that same year. Since 1980 and until 2008 he has been full professor of
Medieval History In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
in the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the
University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari ( it, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) is a university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 alon ...
. During that same time period he also held the position of Director of the ''Institute on Italo-Iberian relations'' and of the Institute of the History of Mediterranean Europe of the National Research Council (CNR), based in
Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
and with sections in
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,
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and
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. Member of the National History Deputation, for ten years he was a member of the board of directors of the ''Society of Italian Historians'' and of the ''Permanent Commission for the History of the Aragon Crown''. From 1985 to 1992 he has been cultural advisor to the President of the Italian Republic
Francesco Cossiga Francesco Maurizio Cossiga (; sc, Frantziscu Maurìtziu Còssiga, ; 1928 – 2010)
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was an Italian pol ...
, and during those same years he took part in diplomatic missions in Romania, US, Spain and other countries. From 2001 to 2006 he was a member of the ''Technical Secretariat for Research Planning'' at the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) headed by Minister
Letizia Moratti Letizia Maria Moratti (née Brichetto Arnaboldi; Milan, 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006–20 ...
. He is the author of important works of notable scientific interest in
Paleography Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysi ...
and about the
history of Sardinia Archaeological evidence of prehistoric human settlement on the island of Sardinia is present in the form of nuraghes and other prehistoric monuments, which dot the land. The recorded history of Sardinia begins with its contacts with the various ...
, and during his years of historical research he has developed the so-called "doctrine of statehood", which revisits Sardinian history by denouncing the approximation with which, in his opinion, historians of the past, such as Zurita or Fara, have handed down the historical judgment on the events that took place on the
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; he is considered one of the most important medievalists in Italy.


Publications

During his long academic career he has been the author of numerous writings which, according to the list made by Francesco Floris, make up a bibliography with 76 main titles: * Un bassorilievo sardo del sec. XVI, ''Studi sardi'', XVII, 1962; * Profilo storico della città di Oristano, 1961; * Lo Zurita e il giudice Chiano d'Arborea, in ''Atti del VII Congresso di storia della Corona d'Aragona'', II, 1962; * Barisone I d'Arborea e Barisone II di Torres, voci in ''Dizionario biografico degli Italiani'', VI, 1964; * Per una più completa genealogia degli Arborea all'epoca di Pietro IV il Cerimonioso, ''Studi sardi'', XX, 1966; * La ''datatio chronica'' nei documenti di cancelleria sardo-aragonesi del secolo XIV, ''Studi sardi'', XX, 1966; * Sardegna e Spagna. Ricerche storiche 1947–1968, 1968; * Carte reali diplomatiche di Alfonso III il Benigno re d'Aragona riguardanti l'Italia, Pàdova, 1971; * Documenti inediti sui possessi sardi del monastero di S. Lorenzo alle Rivolte di Pisa, in ''Medioevo – Età moderna''. Studi in onore del prof. Alberto Boscolo, 1972; * Il documento regio nella Sardegna Aragonese, 1973; * Sulle origini delle cancellerie giudicali sarde e Influenze catalane nella Cancelleria giudicale arborense nel sec. XII, in ''Studi di Paleografia e Diplomatica'', 1974; * La Cancelleria sovrana dell'Arborea dalla creazione del ''Regnum Sardiniae'' alla fine del giudicato, Medioevo. Saggi e rassegne, 1977; * Carte reali diplomatiche di Giovanni I il Cacciatore re d'Aragona, riguardanti l'Italia, 1977; * Breve storia della scrittura in Sardegna, 1978; * Cultura e scrittura nell'Arborea al tempo della Carta de Logu, in ''Il mondo della Carta de Logu'', 1979; * L'assetto politico territoriale della Sardegna basso-medioevale, 1981; * Profilo storico della Sardegna catalano-Aragonese, 1982; * Stato attuale della ricerca sulla Sardegna Aragonese, in ''La ricerca storica sulla Sardegna'', Archivio storico sardo, XXXIII, 1982; * Ai margini della Guerra del Vespro. Gli Aleramici di Saluzzo in Sicilia e in Sardegna, in ''Atti dell'XI Congresso di storia della Corona d'Aragona'', 1983; * La scoperta dell'effigie di Eleonora d'Arborea, ''Quaderni bolotanesi'', X, 1984; * Genealogie medioevali di Sardegna (in collaborazione con L.L. Brook, M.M. Costa, A.M. Oliva, R. Pavoni, M. Tangheroni), Casteddu, 1984; * L'assetto politico e territoriale della Sardegna medioevale, in ''Sardegna nel mondo mediterraneo''. Atti del II Convegno internazionale di Studi geografico-storici Sassari 1981, 1984; * Il caso di Eleonora d'Arborea: in quelle immagini un pantheon?, ''Ichnusa'', 1984; * Pievi e parrocchie in Sardegna; * Premesse storiche (con V. Loi), in Atti del VI Congresso di storia della Chiesa in Italia, II, 1984; * Il territorio medioevale di Villa di Chiesa, in Studi su Iglesias medioevale, 1985; * La storia della Sardegna da Miezko I di Polonia a Ferdinando II d'Aragona, 1985; * Ricerche archivistiche sulla battaglia di Sanluri nel 1409, in ''Studi in onore di G. Todde'', Archivio storico sardo, XXXV, 1986; * Eleonora d'Arborea, in ''I personaggi della storia medievale'', 1988; * La statualità della storia della Sardegna, in ''Ethnos''. Le autonomie etniche e speciali in Italia e nell'Europa mediterranea. Processi storici e istituzioni, 1988; * La politica del Giudicato di Torres, ''Rivista cistercense'', 1989; * La Sardegna Aragonese, voll. 2 (La Corona d'Aragona; La Nazione sarda), Tàtari 1990; * Gli schiavi sardi della battaglia di Sanluri del 1409, ''Medioevo. Saggi e rassegne'', 1990; * La rivolta degli Alagon sardi in ''Lettres de battalla del 1472–73'', Medioevo. Saggi e rassegne, 1991; * Partecipazione del regno sardo di Torres all'impresa pisana delle Baleari, in ''Atti del Colloquio internazionale sul Liber Majolichinus'', 1991; * I trattati diplomatici sardo-aragonesi del 1323–26, in ''Sardegna, Mediterraneo e Atlantico tra Medioevo e Età moderna''. Studi in memoria del prof. Alberto Boscolo, 1993; * Il Regnum Sardiniae et Corsicae nell'espansione mediterranea della Corona d'Aragona. Aspetti politici, in ''Atti del XIV Congresso di storia della Corona d'Aragona'', 1993; * La storia di Sardegna, voll. 3, 1994; * La Carta de Logu del regno d'Arborea. Traduzione libera e commento storico, 1994; * Storia di un regno 1324–1861, in ''Il regno di Sardegna'', 1995; * Cagliari capitale di un regno, 1995; * Una spia arborense nel castello Aragonese di Longonsardo, in ''Studi di geografia e storia in onore di A. Terrosu Asole'', 1996; * La terza via della storia. Il caso Italia, 1997; * Considerazioni sul rapporto giuridico Arborea-Aragona da un memoriale del 1405, in ''Studi storici in memoria di Giancarlo Sorgia'', ''Archivio storico sardo'', XXXIX, 1998; * Di.Sto.Sa. Dizionario Storico Sardo, Sassari, Delfino, 2003, * Eleonora regina del regno d'Arborea, 2004. * Per un nuovo insegnamento della storia, Pisa, ETS, 2003. * (con E. Rossi), Autonomia sarda e autonomia catalana, Pisa, ETS, 2006. * La storiografia sarda ieri e oggi, Sassari, Delfino, 2009. * Italia: il grande inganno, 1861–2011. L'unico stato al mondo che non vuole sapere quando è nato, dove è nato e qual è la sua storia, Sassari, Delfino, 2010. * La Storia di Sardegna, Sassari, La Nuova Sardegna, 2017.


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* {{Authority control People from Sardinia Historians Academic staff of the University of Cagliari Academic staff of the University of Sassari University of Cagliari alumni University of Palermo alumni 1933 births Living people