Gianmarco De Angelis is Associate Professor in Medieval History at the University of Padova (Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World- DiSSGeA), where he teaches "Sources and Methods for Medieval History" (first level degree in History), "Documents and Documentary Cultures of Medieval Europe" (master's degree in Historical Sciences), "Written sources, documentary practices" (CdL in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Studies)


Formation and experiences

- 1998-2002: Master's degree cum laude (Letters and Philosophy) with a thesis in Palaeography and Diplomatics at the University of Pavia.

- 2004-2007: PhD in Political Institutions, Societies and Religions from Late Antiquity to the end of Middle Ages at the University of Turin (thesis in Medieval History discussed in February 2008).

- 2008-2010: Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pavia.
- 2012-2014: Post-doctoral fellowship at King's College London (AHRC Project “The Making of Charlemagne's Europe”, http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/). Visiting Research Associate at King's College London from January 2015.
- 2014-2016: Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Verona.
- 2016-2017: Post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Padua.

- Teaching assistant (Cultore della materia) in Palaeography and Diplomatics at the University of Pavia from 2013 and at the University of Padova in Medieval History from 2016. Adjunct Professor ("Sources and Methods for Medieval History") at the University of Padova in academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016.


Memberships and affiliations

- member of the Teaching staff council for the Research doctorate in Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies - University of Padova, University of Verona, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari").
- member of the Editorial Board (“redattore corrispondente”) and of the Referee Board of "Reti medievali Rivista" (http://www.rm.unina.it/).
- member of the Scientific Committee of “Scrineum Rivista” (http://www.fupress.net/index.php/scrineum).
- member of the Scientific Committee of the Collana di studi Camaldolesi Coronesi (http://www.aracneeditrice.it/index.php)
- member of the "Società italiana degli storici medievisti" (http://www.sismed.eu/it/).
- member of the Assembly of SAAME - Centro Interuniversitario per la Storia e l’Archeologia dell’Alto Medioevo (http://saame.it/organi-in-carica/).
- member of the Society of "Storia Patria" of Pavia.
- member of "Episcopus. Society for the Study of Bishops and Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages" (episcopus.org).

Main research interests

Gianmarco De Angelis' studies and researches are mainly focused on: writings and charters in Lombard and Carolingian Italy; Carolingian and postcarolingian diplomas as instruments of political communication; legal pluralismus and practices of government in Carolingian and postcarolingian Italy; testaments of bishops in Early and High Medieval Europe; social, cultural and political aspects of medieval notaries' activity; individual and collective urban identities in North-Central Italy; political councils and practices of collective deliberation in the communal age; critical edition of Medieval written sources; history of historiography, with a particular focus on the editors of medieval legal documents and research methodologies in Palaeography and Diplomatics between 19th and 20th century.

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