Erin Glunt
I joined the Yale combined program in Renaissance Studies and History in 2007 after graduating from Duke University in May of 2007 with a BA in History and French Studies and a minor in German Studies. My general interest is late Medieval and Early Modern religion, in particular the Reformation in Germany and France. Specific topics of interest include: theology (particularly of transubstantiation and purgatory), lay piety, lay reaction to religion from above, demonology, confessionalization, the impact of the Scientific Revolution on religious beliefs (my senior honors thesis in undergrad was titled: Plus c'est pareil, plus ça change: The Impact of Cartesianism on the Internal Catholic Eucharistic Debate), and the function religion served in the lives of late Medieval and Early Modern Christians. I am torn between my first historical love of intellectual history and a budding interest in cultural and social history.
