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Dr Angelo Silvestri
Lecturer in Italian
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Lecturer in Italian and I am teaching Italian language and Italian history. My personal interests lie in English and European Medieval history. Specifically I am studying the structure of the medieval church and its influence on the medieval society. My attention is focused on the authority and the role of the bishop in England and in Europe from the Norman Conquest to the middle of the fourteenth century.
Publication
2024
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Exploring the dynamics of AI in foreign language education: Balancing challenges, opportunities, and ethical engagement. [Online]. YouTube: Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wVZO6k4n18
- Silvestri, A. 2024. Bonizo of Sutri: Portrait in a Landscape. By John A. Dempsey. [Book Review]. Catholic Historical Review 110(1), pp. 142-144. (10.1353/cat.2024.a921715)
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Language students’ engagement with GenAI tools to aid their learning. Presented at: 2nd AI in Education Conference, Cardiff, 12 July 2024.
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Collaborative approaches to AI in foreign language education: Navigating ethical challenges together. Presented at: Cardiff University Learning and Teaching Conference 2024, Cardiff, UK, 12 September 2024.
2023
- Silvestri, A. 2023. Sacred foundation: The religious and medieval roots of the European state. By Anna Grzymała-Busse [Book Review]. Journal of Church and State 65(4), pp. 471-472. (10.1093/jcs/csad054)
- Silvestri, A. M. 2023. 'As an Obedient Son, I disobey': Political roles and religious rules in the Diocese of Lincoln in the Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries. In: Antonetti, A. and Berardi, R. eds. The Various Models of Lordship in Europe between the Ninth and Fifteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 235-258.
2020
- Silvestri, A. M. 2020. Philippa Hoskin. 'Robert Grosseteste and the 13th-century diocese of Lincoln: an English bishop's pastoral vision'. [Book Review]. Journal of British Studies 59(2) (10.1017/jbr.2019.276)
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2020. Episcopal power and personality in medieval Europe 900-1480. Medieval Church Studies. Brepols Publishers.
- Dennis, C., Julian-Jones, M. and Silvestri, A. 2020. Introduction. In: Episcopal Power and Personality in Medieval Europe 900-1480., Vol. 42. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols Publishers
2017
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2017. Episcopal power and local society in Medieval Europe. 900-1400. Brepols Publishers.
- Silvestri, A. 2017. The life, education, and deeds of Robert Grosseteste: perception of episcopal power at thirteenth-century Lincoln. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Brepols Publishers, pp. 81-96.
- Julian-Jones, M., Silvestri, A. and Dennis, C. 2017. Introduction. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-20.
2016
- Silvestri, A. 2016. Intelligo ut credam, credo ut intelligam, Robert Grosseteste between faith and reason. In: Cunningham, J. P. and Hocknull, M. eds. Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle Ages. Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 245-262.
- Silvestri, A. 2016. Philippa M. Hoskin (ed.): Robert Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln {book review]. Sehepunkte 16(3)
2015
- Silvestri, A. M. 2015. Power, politics and episcopal authority: the bishops of Cremona and Lincoln in the middle ages (1066-1340). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2012
- Silvestri, A. M. 2012. The power of the bishop in the Dioceses of Lincoln and Cremona (1067-‐1340): a study in comparative history. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Silvestri, A. 2024. Bonizo of Sutri: Portrait in a Landscape. By John A. Dempsey. [Book Review]. Catholic Historical Review 110(1), pp. 142-144. (10.1353/cat.2024.a921715)
- Silvestri, A. 2023. Sacred foundation: The religious and medieval roots of the European state. By Anna Grzymała-Busse [Book Review]. Journal of Church and State 65(4), pp. 471-472. (10.1093/jcs/csad054)
- Silvestri, A. M. 2020. Philippa Hoskin. 'Robert Grosseteste and the 13th-century diocese of Lincoln: an English bishop's pastoral vision'. [Book Review]. Journal of British Studies 59(2) (10.1017/jbr.2019.276)
- Silvestri, A. 2016. Philippa M. Hoskin (ed.): Robert Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln {book review]. Sehepunkte 16(3)
Book sections
- Silvestri, A. M. 2023. 'As an Obedient Son, I disobey': Political roles and religious rules in the Diocese of Lincoln in the Twelfth-Thirteenth Centuries. In: Antonetti, A. and Berardi, R. eds. The Various Models of Lordship in Europe between the Ninth and Fifteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 235-258.
- Dennis, C., Julian-Jones, M. and Silvestri, A. 2020. Introduction. In: Episcopal Power and Personality in Medieval Europe 900-1480., Vol. 42. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols Publishers
- Silvestri, A. 2017. The life, education, and deeds of Robert Grosseteste: perception of episcopal power at thirteenth-century Lincoln. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Brepols Publishers, pp. 81-96.
- Julian-Jones, M., Silvestri, A. and Dennis, C. 2017. Introduction. In: Coss, P. et al. eds. Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe, 900-1400. Medieval Church Studies Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1-20.
- Silvestri, A. 2016. Intelligo ut credam, credo ut intelligam, Robert Grosseteste between faith and reason. In: Cunningham, J. P. and Hocknull, M. eds. Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle Ages. Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 245-262.
Books
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2020. Episcopal power and personality in medieval Europe 900-1480. Medieval Church Studies. Brepols Publishers.
- Coss, P. et al. eds. 2017. Episcopal power and local society in Medieval Europe. 900-1400. Brepols Publishers.
- Silvestri, A. M. 2015. Power, politics and episcopal authority: the bishops of Cremona and Lincoln in the middle ages (1066-1340). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Conferences
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Language students’ engagement with GenAI tools to aid their learning. Presented at: 2nd AI in Education Conference, Cardiff, 12 July 2024.
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Collaborative approaches to AI in foreign language education: Navigating ethical challenges together. Presented at: Cardiff University Learning and Teaching Conference 2024, Cardiff, UK, 12 September 2024.
Thesis
- Silvestri, A. M. 2012. The power of the bishop in the Dioceses of Lincoln and Cremona (1067-‐1340): a study in comparative history. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Websites
- Molinaro, C., Perez-Nieto, N. and Silvestri, A. 2024. Exploring the dynamics of AI in foreign language education: Balancing challenges, opportunities, and ethical engagement. [Online]. YouTube: Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wVZO6k4n18
Research
My research is focused on the evolution of the Christian faith and belief in Western Europe from the early centuries of the Middle Ages until the modern period. In the last ten centuries Christian values have been sturdily upheld or ferociously opposed, while nothing like the Christian belief has generated so much discussion, debate, controversy and conflict. In the name of Christianity people have been sanctified or killed, stunning works of art produced or destroyed, socio-political ideology reformed or crashed and yet the full scale of its real impact on our contemporary society still escape our grasp.
In light of this contradictory and conflictual context, my research investigates the social, political and artistic impact of Christianity upon Western European Culture, focussing on the ethic and aesthetic features Christianity contributed to introduce or to remove from our everyday life. I investigate how current and past historiography depicts Christianity and the Church hierarchical institution, with particular regard to the role of the bishops within the Catholic Church in Europe.
Biography
Academic history
PhD in Medieval History – Thesis on European Ecclesiastical History – Cardiff University – United Kingdom, 2013.
BA in Foreign Languages – Thesis on Germanic Philology Parma University – Italy, 2005.
BA in Philosophy – Thesis on Theoretical Philosophy Parma University – Italy, 1999.