After obtaining a degree in Humanities, with a thesis in Early Modern History entitled Paolo IV e la riforma cattolica, he directed his research interests toward the cultural and social history of the early modern period, with particular attention to the relationship between institutions, the production of knowledge, and transformations within society.
His academic training, developed between Bari and Rome, also in connection with his interest in Church history, progressively focused on the methods and tools of historical research, engaging with interdisciplinary perspectives. At the core of his research lies the role of the Church in the early modern age, considered as an institution capable of shaping the processes of knowledge transmission, the definition of authority, and the reorganization of cultural structures.
Particular attention is devoted to moments of reform and to processes of internal redefinition, analyzed in their institutional, cultural, and symbolic dimensions. Throughout his scholarly path, he has also made use of interpretative frameworks drawn from cultural anthropology and linguistics, applying them to the analysis of forms of representation and symbolic systems within early modern societies.