Alessandro Barbero
Alessandro Barbero (born April 30, 1959 in Turin ) is an Italian historian and university professor .
biography
After attending school, he studied history at the University of Turin and graduated in 1981 with a thesis on the Middle Ages . He then completed postgraduate studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and in 1984, after winning a competition, took up a position as a researcher at the University of Tor Vergata .
In 1998 he became Associate Professor of Medieval History at the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy of the Università del Piemonte Orientale in Vercelli , before being appointed Full Professor there in 2004.
For his services he was awarded the Knight's Cross des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
Publications
His main publications on history include:
- with Chiara Frugoni , Dictionary of the Middle Ages , 1998
- The Day of the Barbarians: The Battle That Led to the Fall of the Roman Empire , 2007, ISBN 0-80271-571-0
- Charlemagne . Father of Europe , 2007, ISBN 3-608-94030-8 ( Charlemagne: father of a continent , 2004, ISBN 0-520-23943-1 )
He is also active as an author of essays and novels and as an employee of the specialist journal Storica and the daily newspapers La Stampa and Il Sole 24 Ore . Since 2007 he has also been a specialist in historical customs and costumes for the science show Superquark, which is broadcast on Radiotelevisione Italiana .
For his novel The beautiful life of the nobleman Robert Pyle and the wars of others ( Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo ) he was awarded the Premio Strega in 1996.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbero, Alessandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |