Barbara Bombi

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Barbara Bombi, FBA (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. [2] [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]

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References

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  3. "Meet the Historians: Professor Barbara Bombi". The School of History. University of Kent. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. "Barbara Bombi (0000-0002-5602-5800)". ORCID. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. "Professor Barbara Bombi". royalhistsoc.org. The Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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