Agostino Paravicini Bagliani

Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (born 19 November 1943, Bergamo) is an Italian historian, specializing in the history of the papacy, cultural anthropology, and in the history of the body and the relationship between nature and society during the Middle Ages.

In 2008 he became president of the Società internazionale per lo studio del Medioevo latino (S.I.S.M.E.L.

– Florence), and in 1989 editor of the book series Cahiers lausannois d'histoire médiévale.

In 2002 he became editor of the periodical Rivista di storia della Chiesa in Italia.

[citation needed] In November 2008 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes of the Sorbonne in Paris.