Eric Nelson

Eric W. Nelson (born 1970) is an American historian and Professor of History at Missouri State University. He is known for his works on the Jesuits. Nelson is a winner of Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize for Best Article in French History for his essay "Remembering the Martyrdom of Saint Francis of Paola: History, Memory and Minim Identity in Seventeenth-Century France".

Books Layered Landscapes: Early-Modern Religious Space Across Faiths and Cultures. eds. E. Nelson and J. Wright (New York and London: Routledge, 2017). Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources (Boston: Bedford St. Martins, 2016) After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France, eds E. Nelson and A. Forrestal (Basingstoke: Palgrave Academic Press, 2009) The Jesuits and the Monarchy: Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005) Justice and Violence: Political Violence, Pacifism and Cultural Transformation, eds E. Nelson, T. Lansford and A. Eickelman. Aldershot UK, Ashgate Academic Publishing, 2005. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources. with Robert Strayer. 3rd edn. Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2016.