Pamela O. Long

Welcome to my website. I am an independent historian of late medieval and Early Modern European history and the history of science and technology. I also paint and draw. (To see some of my artwork go to www.pamelalongpaintings.com. For pdfs of some of my writings, go to https://independentscholar.academia.edu/PamelaLong

My latest book is a synthetic work on the history of technology--Technology in Mediterranean and European Lands, 600-1600 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025).

Three additional projects are as follows: 

First, I and architectural historian Ann Huppert are jointly researching and writing a book on the construction of the Gesu' in Rome, a huge church constructed between 1568 and 1580 in the center of the city. Our work is based on numerous archival documents, including a detailed building account that show payouts to workers from the beginning of the construction to the end. 

Second, I am writing a book, the prospective title of which is "The Lure of Machine in the Long Sixteenth Century: From Leonardo da Vinci to Vittorio Zonca." In one aspect of this work, medieval historian of science Elly Truitt and I are writing a joint article on Leonardo's elements of machines in codex Madrid I and the medieval science of weights.

Third, classical scholar Chiara Bariviera, medievalist William North, and I are working on an annotated edition of Roman urban documents (street cleaning, building construction, animal control, etc.) translated from Latin and Italian into English, between the thirteenth century and 1625. We have a contract for publication with Italica Press. 

For my publications and other information, please see "Full CV" and "Publications."

The best way to contact me is by email:
pamlong@pamelaolong.com