Luca Molà
Professor of Early Modern Europe: History of the Renaissance and the Mediterranean in a World Perspective
Tel. [+39] 055 4685 810 / 541
Fax [+39] 055 4685 203
Email: Luca.Mola@eui.eu
Secretary Francesca Parenti
Postal address: Department of History and Civilization | Via Boccaccio 121 | 50133 Florence | Italy
Villa Schifanoia - Office VS 16 - For appointments please contact: Francesca Parenti
Fields of Research
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Italian Renaissance
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Economic and Social History of Europe in the Early Modern Period, particularly Trading Communities and Commerce, Artisans and Industrial Production
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Culture of Technological Change and the First Age of Globalisation
Current Research Projects
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Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Patents: The Market for Innovations in Renaissance Italy
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Italy in the First Age of Globalisation: Economy, Technology and Culture, 1400-1650
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The Prince and the Merchant in the Renaissance
Selected Recent Publications
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‘The Global Renaissance: Cross-Cultural Objects in the Early Modern Period’, co-author Marta Ajmar-Wollheim, in Global Design History, eds. Glenn Adamson, Giorgio Riello and Sarah Teasley, London 2011
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'La Repubblica di Venezia tra acque dolci e acque salse: investimenti tecnologici a Lizzafusina nel Rinascimento', in La civiltà delle acque tra Medioevo e Rinascimento, eds. Arturo Calzona and Daniela Lamberini, vol. II, Leo S. Olschki Editore, Florence 2010, pp. 447-472