Brian R. Carniello

Research Interest

Brian R. Carniello is a lecturer in World and Western Civilization. His research focuses on medieval notaries, the medieval Italian city-states, and mendicant rivalry and heresy in the thirteenth century. He received a Fulbright Fellowship in 2001-2002 for his research on medieval Bolognese notaries. His publications include “The Rise of an Administrative Elite in Medieval Bologna: Notaries and Popular Government, 1282-1292” (Journal of Medieval History, 2002) and “Gerardo Segarelli as the Anti-Francis: Mendicant Rivalry and Heresy in Medieval Italy, 1260-1300” (Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2006). He is currently revising his dissertation on medieval notaries and is working on an article entitled “Mendicants, Heretics and the Laity: Lay Support and Heresy in Medieval Bologna, 1270-1310.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

Brian R. Carniello
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005 – Medieval History
Office: 2511 Dunford
Email: bcarniel@utk.edu