Giancarlo Fantechi

Graduated in Political Science (University of Florence), Theology (McGill University, Montreal) and Hispanic Studies (Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke QC), holds an MA and a PhD in Hispanic Studies from the University of Montreal. His area of research is medieval biblical translations in Castilian, particularly the Escorial E6 and E8 versions (13th century), which were the subject of his doctoral dissertation. He has published several articles on the two manuscripts and their glosses in the journals Estudios Bíblicos and Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medievale. He is currently professor of Italian language at the University of Montreal and of Spanish language at Bishop’s University (Sherbrooke, Quebec).