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Michael Martoccio is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in early modern Mediterranean economic and military history with a focus on Italy. His research explores how commercial practices and warfare shaped sovereignty and territoriality in Renaissance Italy.
Education: Ph.D. in History from Northwestern University and B.A. from Duke University. His work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, Renaissance Society of America, and others.
Research interests include the commercialization of war, Renaissance city-state markets, and urban militarization. His monograph Leviathan for Sale (Oxford UP, under contract) examines the sale of Italian city-states, while his second project Theater of Mars investigates Genoa’s urban adaptation to war. His articles appear in Past & Present, War in History, and others.
Awards include the Society for Italian Historical Studies’ Best Article (2021) and the Harold Perkins Prize (2016). He teaches courses on Mediterranean society, military history, and Renaissance culture.
His research emphasizes archival sources like treaties, letters, and civic rituals to reveal how commerce and conflict defined early modern political structures.
