xxviii Notes On Contributors
Gian Giacomo Ortu
Retired full professor he still periodically teaches Modern History in the
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Cagliari. His main
interest deals with the history of European economic and political institutions
between the medieval and the modern age and the relationship between eco-
nomics and history. His major publications are Il principe, il filosofo, l’architetto.
Prospettive transdisciplinari sulle architetture europee in età moderna (Cagliari:
Cuec, 2014); Ager et urbs. Trame di luogo nella Sardegna medievale e moderna
(Cagliari: Cuec, 2014); Genesi e produzione storica di un paesaggio. Quartu
Sant’Elena (1074–1923) (Cagliari: Cuec, 2011); La Sardegna dei giudici (Nuoro: Il
Maestrale, 2005); Lo Stato moderno. Profili storici (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2001); Il
paese sul crinale. Gruppi di eredità e formazione della proprietà (Burcei, 1655–
1865) (Cagliari: Cuec, 2000); Villaggio e poteri signorili nella Sardegna mod-
erna (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1996); Il parlamento del vicerè Carlo de Borja duca di
Gandía (Cagliari: Consiglio Regionale della Sardegna, 1995); L’economia pasto-
rale della Sardegna moderna (Cagliari: Della Torre, 1981).
Daniela Rovina
has been an archaeological officer of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti
e Paesaggio per le provincie di Sassari Nuoro e Olbia-Tempio since 1979, as well as
being the director of the Centro di Conservazione e Restauro of the same institu-
tion. She continues to be responsible for many excavations and land protection
in the northwest part of Sardinia, in particular the areas of Alghero, Olmedo,
Sorso, Stintino, Osilo, and the city of Sassari. From 2000 to 2010 she has directed
the excavations of the urban center of Sassari, which resulted in the final pub-
lication Sassari. Archeologia urbana (Ghezzano (Pisa), 2013) in collaboration
with Mauro Fiori. In Sassari she set up the medieval and modern section of
the National Archaeological Museum G.A. Sanna and published its guide (Il
Museo Archeologico “Giovanni Antonio Sanna”. La sezione medievale (Viterbo,
2000)), together with a long list of publications on archeological reports, mate-
rial finds, and territorial surveys. She studied classical and medieval archae-
ology at the University of Pisa, Italy with a second specialization in classical
archaeology from the University of Cagliari.
Olivetta Schena
is currently an associate professor of Medieval History at the Faculty of
Humanities of the University of Cagliari. She first graduated in Literature at
the University of Cagliari to become a Paleographer and has worked exten-
sively in the Diplomatic Archives of Cagliari State since 1979. Since 2004, she is
a member of the Commission of the Congress of the History of the Crown of