James Tracy (historian)

James D. Tracy
James D. Tracy at the Commemorative Conference on the Siege of Szigetvár and Süleyman the Magnificent's and Miklós Zrinyi's Deaths in Hungary, September 2016
Born	James Donald Tracy 1938 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality	American
Spouse	Suzanne K. Swan ​ (m. 1997)​
Academic background
Alma mater	Saint Louis University (BA) University of Notre Dame (MA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) Princeton University (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Early Modern Europe Reformation Renaissance
Institutions	University of Minnesota
Main interests	Early Modern Europe
Notable works	A Financial Revolution in the Habsburg Netherlands (1985); Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics (2002)

James Donald Tracy is an American historian. With Heiko A. Oberman, he was co-founder of the Journal of Early Modern History, and editor from 1999 through 2010.  He has served as president of the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, the Society for Reformation Research, and the American Catholic Historical Association. At the University of Minnesota, he was associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, chaired the Department of History, and held the Union Pacific Chair in Early Modern History from 2001 to 2004. Upon his retirement, Tracy was granted emeritus status. Among early modernists he is known for his contributions to an unusual range of research areas.