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First Name
Elisa
Last Name
Manzo
Affiliation
University of Cantabria / University of Regensburg
Website URL
https://unican.academia.edu/ElisaManzo
Keywords
Orosius, Late Antiquity, ancient Christianity, political theology, apocalyptic writings
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About Me

Elisa Manzo is an Italian ECR, currently based in Spain. She is a ‘Margarita Salas’ Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Historical Sciences at the University of Cantabria, and an Adjunct Fellow, Beyond Canon Centre at the University of Regensburg. She specializes in ancient Christianity from a historical perspective, with a particular interest in Orosius (5th cent. CE). Orosius aside, her research interests include: Christian pilgrimages in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages; theological and political relationships between Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire; use and interpretation of apocalyptic writings in ancient Christian sources (with a focus on the 4th and 5th cent.); contemporary and post-contemporary debates on the use of “political theology”.

Recent Publications
Media Coverage
Country Focus
Mediterranean
Expertise by Geography
Africa, Mediterranean, Spain, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Ancient, Medieval
Expertise by Topic
Literary History, Religion