Julia Becker, after concluding her PhD in Medieval studies at the University of Passau, collaborated as Research Assistant at the German Historical Institute of Rome (DHI Rom) for several years. She is currently engaged in a research project of the Collaborative Research Centre 933 ‘Material Text Cultures’ at the University of Heidelberg. Her main research areas are the Norman History of Southern Italy in the eleventh and twelfth century, Greek-Latin Paleography and Diplomatic.