Pasquale Tola (30 November 1800 in

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– 25 August 1874 in

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) was an Italian judge, politician and historian. Issue of an ancient and noble Sardinian family, he studied in Sassari, where he obtained a degree in

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and law and also followed courses in

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and

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. In 1848 he was part of the ministerial working group in Sardinia. He was in favour of the abolition of feudalism in Sardinia. He wrote many works on historical-political topics, particularly about Sardinia, and there is extensive literary coverage of him. Tola was also an encyclopedian, and authored a Dictionary of Sardinian Biography in 1837–38.Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna, Volume 3 By Pasquale Tola
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. Later he worked in the judiciary at the

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and

. He was a member of the Sardinian parliament in

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from 1848, and then the national one. In Sassari the Piazza Tola in the historical centre is named after him. In Rome, Via Pasquale Tola is located in a central area near the

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, while in

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the Via Pasquale Tola is located near the central Via P. Paoli and the Via Dante.

Works

* Pasquale Tola, ''Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna, ossia Storia della vita pubblica e privata di tutti i sardi che si distinsero per opere, azioni, talenti, virtù e delitti, opera del cav. don Pasquale Tola''. (3 voll.), Torino : Tipografia Chirio e Mina, 1837–1838. Vol. I

Vol II

* Pasquale Tola, ''Codice diplomatico di Sardegna con altri documenti storici, raccolto, ordinato ed illustrato dal cav. Don Pasquale Tola''. (2 voll.) Torino : Chirio e Mina, 1845 * Pasquale Tola, ''Codice degli statuti della repubblica di Sassari, Edito e illustrato dal cav. Don Pasquale Tola''. Cagliari, A. Timon, 1850

References

Bibliography

* Vittorio Finzi, ''Pasquale Tola nella vita e nelle opere : notizie biobibliografiche '', Sassari : Tip. ditta Giacomo Chiarella, 1911

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tola, Pasquale 19th-century Italian historians Italian encyclopedists 1800 births 1874 deaths People from Sassari University of Sassari alumni University of Sassari faculty Deputies of Legislature I of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature III of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature IV of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature V of the Kingdom of Sardinia 19th-century Italian judges