is Assistant Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo (Italy). His area of research is the early-modern Iberian world, with special attention to the Portuguese empire. His publications include four books: I custodi dell’ortodossia: Inquisizione e Chiesa nel Portogallo del Cinquecento (2004), L’invenzione di un impero: Politica e cultura nel mondo portoghese, 1450-1600 (2011), A consciência de um império: Portugal e o seu mundo, sécs. XV-XVII (2012), and (with José Pedro Paiva) História da Inquisição portuguesa, 1536-1821 (2013). His current project is about writing world history in Renaissance Europe.