Barbara Bombi
Italian historian (born 1971)
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Barbara Bombi FBA FRHistS (born 1971)[1] is an Italian historian and academic, specialising in medieval and ecclesiastical history. Since 2018, she has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Kent. She was previously a researcher at the German Historical Institute in Rome, the University of Padua, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[2][3]
Barbara Bombi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) |
| Occupations | Historian and academic |
| Title | Professor of Medieval History |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | German Historical Institute in Rome University of Padua Corpus Christi College, Oxford University of Kent |
Bombi studied medieval history at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2000.[2][4] Her research is focused on the High Middle Ages (1200-1450 AD), and includes the papacy, canon law, the Crusades, and the history of the Christian Military Orders.[5]
In 2022, Bombi was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6]
Selected works
- O'Brien, Bruce; Bombi, Barbara, eds. (2015). Textus Roffensis: Law, Language, and Libraries in Early Medieval England. Studies in the Early Middle Ages. Vol. 30. Turnhout: Brepols N.V. ISBN 978-2503542331.
- Bombi, Barbara (2019). Anglo-Papal Relations in the Early Fourteenth Century: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy. Oxford Studies in Medieval European History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198729150.