Lu Ann Homza
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Lu Ann Homza is an American
historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...
and scholar of the
intellectual history Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualization, conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas. The investigative premise of ...
of
medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
and
early modern Europe Early modern Europe, also referred to as the post-medieval period, is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the mid 15th century to the late 18th century. Histori ...
. She is a professor at the
College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest instit ...
and the school's former Dean for Educational Policy.


Life

She graduated with a B.A. from Scripps College in 1980 and received an M.A. in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1992 from the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
. Her main interest is the intellectual history of Spain and Italy from 1400 until 1600 and her main focus of research since 1998 has been the
Spanish Inquisition The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition () was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile and lasted until 1834. It began toward the end of ...
.


Books

*''Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000) *''The Spanish Inquisition, 1478–1614: An Anthology of Sources'' (edited and translated by Homza; Hackett Press, 2006)Reviews of ''The Spanish Inquisition, 1478–1614'': * *


References

21st-century American historians Historians of Spain Intellectual historians College of William & Mary faculty Scripps College alumni University of Chicago alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Historians from California {{US-historian-stub