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Biographical Profile

Laurea in Early Modern History from the University of Florence. Author of the books Tra religione e magia. Storia del prete modenese Guglielmo Campana (1460?-1541), (Firenze, Olschki, 1999), and Under the Devil’s Spell. Witches, Sorcerers, and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy, published by Syracuse University in Florence in the Villa Rossa Series in 2007.

Other publications include articles in scholarly journals such as Italian History and Culture, Archivio Storico Italiano and the Mélanges de l'École française de Rome as well as in collective volumes: Per il Cinquecento religioso in Italia, and The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft. The Western Tradition.

Has been awarded grants from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the École Française de Rome, the University of Florence, and from Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Villa I Tatti).

Organized, with Dinora Corsi (University of Florence) the international conference "Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live. Witches in Treatises and Trials (XIV-XVII centuries)", held at Syracuse University in Florence and at the University of Florence (Oct. 20-21, 2006). Participated in research project on "La politique et la définition des groupes de pouvoir", directed by Gérard Delille (EUI, Florence), and co-organized a workshop on "Pouvoir local et luttes politiques dans l'Europe mediterranéenne (XVe -XVIIIe siècles)" at the European University Institute (1995). Was part of the editorial committee of the series "Studi e testi per la storia religiosa del Cinquecento" published by L. S. Olsckhi (1986-1996).

Is currently co-editing the proceedings of the conference "Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live”, to be published in 2008. Teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance and the history of witchcraft and magic in the early modern period for Syracuse University in Florence and New York University in Florence. Is coordinator of the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business Department for Syracuse Florence.