Riccardo Francovich

Riccardo Francovich (born Florence, Italy, June 10, 1946; died Fiesole, Italy, March 30, 2007) was a pioneering Italian archaeologist and expert on Medieval Italy.

Francovich was a professor of Medieval archaeology first at the University of Florence and, then, from 1986 until his untimely death in 2007, at the University of Siena. Many would consider him one of the most influential and important archaeologists of Medieval Italy.

He died tragically in a fall from a height in the forest of Montececeri, near Fiesole.

Works

* Riccardo Francovich, Daniele Manacorda, "Dizionario di Archeologia", Editori Laterza, 2004.

ources

* Full bibliography [linkto:http://www.archeo.unisi.it/francovich.html]
* http://archeologiamedievale.unisi.it/NewPages/DOTT/riccardo1.html
* News coverage of Francovich's death: "Corriere della Sera" for 31 March 2007