Cristina Rognoni is Associate Professor in ‘Byzantine Civilization’ at the University of Palermo, Department of ‘Culture e Società’. Her current researchs concerns Byzantine legal texts and praxis, namely the notarial documents conserved in the Archivo Ducal de Medinaceli (Toledo). The project of diplomatic edition, historical and linguistic commentaries, palaeographical analysis of those deeds is devoted to the Byzantine cultural framework in the Mediterranean area, from the seventh to thirteenth centuries, focusing on literary and non-literary written sources.