Giacomo Todeschini

Giacomo Todeschini (born October 1, 1950) is an Italian historian, medievalist, specialized in history of economic thought.

Life

After pursuing studies at the University of Bologna, Giacomo Todeschini was appointed professor of medieval history at the University of Trieste in 1979, retiring from that position in 2016. He has been a visiting professor at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris, 2001), fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (Oxford, 2004–2005), fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, 2007–2008), visiting professor at the History Department of Peking University (Beijing, 2012), fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Berlin, 2016–2017).

Work

Giacomo Todeschini's work is focused on the development of medieval economic thought and languages, Christian doctrine of infamy and exclusion from citizenship and market games, and the political role of Jews and Judaism inside of the Christian medieval-modern world. He is known, among other things, for his work on Peter John Olivi, and for his study of the myth of usury.