Dr Gabriele Bonomelli

Gabriele Bonomelli is a Postdoctoral researcher at the School of History.  

He studied at the University of Pisa, where he obtained his Bachelor degree in History in 2015 and his Master in Medieval History in 2017, (both cum laude). He then moved to the University of Bologna to pursue a PhD in Medieval history, which was vived in 2022 (cum laude) under the supervision of Prof. Isabella Lazzarini. His project was: "L'uso politico della finzione. Le epistole fittizie nel medioevo latino e volgare, XII-XV s." (The political use of fiction. Fictitious letters in the Latin and Vernacular Middle Ages, 12th-15th C.

During his PhD he was awarded a DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) Short~Term Fellowship as Visiting Scholar (Gastwissenschaftler) at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jochen Johrendt (September 2019 - April 2020). From September 2020 until March 2021 he carried out his research in several UK institutions under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Bombi.  

Dr. Bonomelli’s research interests revolve around the political and institutional history of the Late Middle Ages and encompass the religious turmoil of the Early Modern Period. A significant part of his research involves the critical edition of Latin primary sources from European repositories.

His current research project is funded by the British Academy “Newton International Fellowship” scheme and is entitled "Dynamics of conflict. Original perspectives on religious turmoil in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1378-1603)". This project intends to frame the ways in which religious dissent fostered multifaceted dynamics of conflict in Europe between the 14th and the 16th century.