Chiara Mercuri

Chiara Mercuri (Rome, 1969) is a historian, essayist, and translator. She teaches Exegesis of Medieval Sources at the Theological Institute of Assisi, Lateran University. She specialized in Medieval History in France and has collaborated with various Italian and French research institutions, including the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris, which awarded her a prize in 2012 for her monograph "Saint Louis et la couronne d'épines." She has written for publications such as Medioevo, Moyen Age, Avvenire, Atlante Treccani, BBC History, and Prometeo. Her works include "La Vera Croce. Storia e leggenda dal Golgota a Roma" (Laterza, 2014), "Francesco d’Assisi. La storia negata" (Laterza, 2016), "Dante. Una vita in esilio" (Laterza, 2018), and "La nascita del femminismo medievale. Maria di Francia e la rivolta dell’amore cortese" (Einaudi, 2024).