Matteo Di Tullio is Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Pavia, Italy. His research focuses on environmental, economic, and social history of the preindustrial period.

Anna Maria Stagno is Professor in Archaeology at the University of Genova, Italy. Her main research interests are the history and archaeology of rural societies, the historical practices for the management of environmental resources, and the archaeology and history of common lands.

Martino Lorenzo Fagnani is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pavia, Italy. His main research interests are the history of agricultural science, environmental history, the history of travel, and food history from the 17th to the 19th century.