Main areas of research

• the history of crime and criminal justice in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, currently homicide and policing, together and separately
• social history of Italy in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance

Now out: Medieval Murder A History, 1300-1500  (Routledge, 2026)

Forthcoming: A study of the late-medieval reception of Medea.  

Currently working on: 'Thou shalt not kill' in late medieval theology, confessors' manuals and sermons.

Convening and editing

I am currently assisting the British Academy Hearth Tax Project in editing some 17th century hearth-tax returns for publication on Hearth Tax Digital.

Contact

As Professor Emeritus, I shall continue to use [email protected] for journal editing, review requests, project-evaluations, references and research enquiries.

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