His research has used universities to understand the connections between cultural, economic, political, religious, and social developments in Tuscany between 1350 and 1600. His publications include 'Florence and its University during the Early Renaissance' (Leiden: Brill, 1998) and 'Culture and Power: Tuscany and its Universities, 1537-1609' (Leiden: Brill, 2009). He is the editor of 'Aspects of Violence in Renaissance Europe' (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013). He is now working on violence in early modern Italy, again using students and professors as a focus.