Dr. Jonathan Davies

Biography

Jonathan Davies is an academic specializing in Medieval and Modern History with a focus on the Italian Renaissance. He completed his B.A. (Hons) in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool, where he was awarded the H.M. Finnegan Prize. His doctoral research, which culminated in a PhD awarded in 1993, was centered on the University of Florence from 1385 to 1473, supported by a Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentship. He has held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Leeds before joining the University of Warwick in 2003. Initially appointed as a lecturer in Italian Renaissance History, he has risen through the ranks to assistant and then associate professor. Jonathan has significantly contributed to various scholarly networks, including co-founding the Warburg Institute-University of Warwick Research Training Programme. His current research interests lie in folklore in Europe, representations of violence in early modern literature, and the history of Italian states, particularly Tuscany, from 1350 to 1600. He is involved in supervising postgraduate research and has authored several significant works on cultural history during the Renaissance period.

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