research overview
- Dauverd’s research focuses on the political and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance with an emphasis on the histories of empire and religion in the Mediterranean world. Central to Dauverd’s work is the study of how and why Italy emerged as a focus of disputes between the imperial systems of France, Spain, and Turkey. Dauverd's first book focuses on the intersection between imperialism, migration, religious culture, and trade in the early modern Mediterranean. Dauverd's second book centers on Spanish religious culture in southern Italy during the Renaissance, appraising how the Spanish viceroys contributed to religious rituals through the principle of 'good government' over 200 years. Dauverd’ s third book examines the relation between Genoese colonialism and Corsican resistance through the practice of rebellion, magic, and reason. Dauverd's fourth book assesses how the North African conquest (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) forced the papacy to reinvent itself and forge a new empire from 1450-1620.
