Main Focus
- History of the Congregation of the Council in local and global perspective
- Relations between the Apostolic See and Ibero-America in the Early Modern Period
- Tridentine marriage between Europe and America
- The Tribunal of the Apostolic Nunciature in Madrid, history and jurisdiction (XVI-XVIII c.)
- Data modelling and visualization methods for historical data in digital environment
Projects
Cooperations
Former Research Group
Curriculum Vitae
Since 05/2023
Professor at the Universidad de los Andes, Santiago de Chile
Since 01/2022
Leader of the research group ‘Normative Knowledge in the Praxis of the Congregation of the Council”
Since 06/2017
Team Leader in the project RESISTANCE. Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 16th-19th centuries (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017)
03/2014-12/2021
Leader of the Max Planck research group 'The Governance of the Universal Church after the Council of Trent'.
Since 05/2010
Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (formerly Max Planck Institute for European Legal History) in Frankfurt.
10/2009-04/2010
Collaboration with the Vatican Secret Archive in the reorganization and study of the documents proceeding from the Apostolic Nunciature in Madrid (XVI-XX c.).
10/2009-02/2010
Study of History of Canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
05/2005-12/2006
Project with the “Archivio Storico del Vicariato di Roma” for the study, classification and description of the fond of the Tribunal of the Auditor Camerae (XVI-XVII centuries).
07-12/2005
Fellowship at the University of Cassino for study of the customs of the Papal State during the XVII-XVIII centuries using sources in the “Archivio di Stato di Roma”.
11/2008-02/2009
scholarship Fideicomiso Teixidor by the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
2006-2008
research grants by the “Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca” for research journeys in México, Spain and United States.
2005-2009
Ph.D. in “Storia politica e sociale dell’Europa Moderna e Contemporanea” at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” under co-direction at the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
Dissertation title: Sposarsi nel Nuovo Mondo. Politica, dottrina e pratiche della concessione di dispense matrimoniali tra la Nuova Spagna e la Santa Sede (1585-1670).
2005-2006
Diploma di Archivisitica at the “Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica”, Vatican.
2000-2005
Study of Early Modern and Modern History at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
Thesis: Matrimoni e società a Roma nel primo Seicento attraverso i processetti matrimoniali.
1981
Born in Rome, Italy.
