Marianna Spano

Marianna Spano serves as a Research Associate at the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH), an integral division of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) in Berlin, Germany. Her institutional affiliation centers on the critical edition and analysis of medieval historical sources within this prestigious academy dedicated to humanities scholarship.

Her research spans core areas of Medieval History with specialized focus on Historical Source Editing, German History, Philology, Textual Criticism, and Early Medieval Studies. The MGH’s mission to produce authoritative editions of primary sources from the European Middle Ages (c. 500–1500 CE) frames her scholarly contributions to understanding medieval German-speaking regions and broader Northwestern European historical development.

The Monumenta Germaniae Historica functions as a specialized research unit within the BBAW, maintaining rigorous editorial standards for historical texts through collaborative academic work. Dr. Spano operates from the institute’s Berlin headquarters at Jägerstrasse 22/23, space 454, contributing to this decades-long scholarly enterprise that remains foundational for medieval historical research worldwide.