Barbara Bombi Explained

Barbara Bombi, (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]}

Bombi studied medieval history at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2000.^[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

• Book: O'Brien . Bruce . Bombi . Barbara . Textus Roffensis: Law, Language, and Libraries in Early Medieval England . 2015 . Studies in the Early Middle Ages . 30 . Brepols N.V. . Turnhout . 978-2503542331.
• Book: Bombi, Barbara . Anglo-Papal Relations in the Early Fourteenth Century: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy . Oxford University Press . Oxford Studies in Medieval European History . 2019 . 978-0198729150.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bombi, Barbara, 1971- (32322498) . viaf.org . Virtual International Authority File.
2. Web site: Professor Barbara Bombi . School of History . University of Kent . 18 November 2022.
3. Web site: Meet the Historians: Professor Barbara Bombi . The School of History . University of Kent . 18 November 2022 . 14 July 2020.
4. Web site: Barbara Bombi (0000-0002-5602-5800) . ORCID . 18 November 2022 . 24 February 2022.
5. Web site: Professor Barbara Bombi . royalhistsoc.org . The Royal Historical Society . 18 November 2022.
6. Web site: Professor Barbara Bombi FBA . The British Academy . 18 November 2022 . en.