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Senatore), mendicant (Giulia Barone), or university (Carla Frova) forms. Part 4, “Incroci di genere,” brings together some concluding thoughts on outstanding issues that cut across genres. These include memorialists (Raul Mordenti); public writing (Paolo D’Achille); and a final essay comparing the humanist historiographies of Bruni and Machiavelli ( James Hankins). One of the more impressive features of this collection is the interaction among disciplines and methodologies and an openness to recent theoretical frames. These range from French theory on textuality to current insights derived from the digital turn— both for the digital’s impact on research and for its metaphorical value in analyzing the fluidity and multipolarity of late medieval writing in Italy and its “cultura dell’informazione” (297). Hankins presents a classic textual analysis of Bruni’s and Machiavelli’s interpretations of Villani and their implications for civic and political history. Montuori, De Caprio, Senatore, and D’Achille offer sound philological method and new insights into the impact of memory, orality, archival culture, and visuality. Zabbia makes clear that distinctions between northern and southern historiography begin to break down when one investigates sociologies of texts: notarial cultures were remarkably consistent and interactive throughout the Italian Peninsula, for example. This volume also pays tribute to Massimo Miglio, whose research, writing, lecturing, and teaching have been fundamental to late medieval studies. His directorship of the Istituto Storico has fostered a steady stream of important and far-reaching conferences on all aspects of medieval and early modern history and major publications derived from them. Alongside Dale’s Chronicling History, this volume offers researchers an invaluable and comprehensive introduction to current work on late medieval and early modern Italian historiography.