Lu Ann Homza

Lu Ann Homza is Harrison Chair and Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. Professor Homza received her B. A. in History from Scripps College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. She studies the religious, legal, and cultural history of Europe, especially Spain and Italy, between 1300-1650.  Her book, Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance, was published in 2000 by The Johns Hopkins University Press, and named by Choice as an outstanding academic book of the year.   She also authored the first English-language, primary source reader on the Spanish Inquisition, published by Hackett in 2006.  Based on a decade of research in Pamplona’s archives, her book Village Infernos and Witches’ Advocates: Witch Hunting in Navarre, 1609-1614, appeared in January 2022 with Penn State University Press.