Amanda G. Madden is a historian whose scholarship focuses on early modern Italy, political culture, and interpersonal violence. Her research examines how vendetta functioned within urban governance and elite social networks rather than existing outside the bounds of civic order. Madden is the author of *Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy*, published by Cornell University Press in 2025, which analyzes legal records, correspondence, and civic archives to show how acts of revenge were negotiated, regulated, and sometimes leveraged by ruling elites. Her work contributes to studies of state formation, legal history, and the social dynamics of power in Renaissance and early modern Europe.