The Sixteenth Century Journal: A Journal for Renaissance and Reformation Students and Scholars, Volume XXVII, Nos. 1-4, 1996.

Octavo, aqua library cloth, orginal paper covers bound in, 304, 305-656, 657-976, 977-1280 pp., indexes Articles in No. 1 are "'Monstrous Metamorphisis: Nature, Morality, and the Rhetoric of Monstrosity un Tudoir England," Kathryn M. Brammall, "Vasari on Competition," James Clifton, "'The reik of Maister Patrik Hammyltoun': John Foxe, John Winram, and the Martyrs of the Scottish Reformation," Thomas S. Freeman, 'Doctors of the Military Discipline': Technical Expertise and the Paradigm of the Spanish Soldier in the Ear;ly Modern Period," Fernando Gonzalez de Leon," "Life-Writing and the Theme of Cultural Decline in Valeriano's 'De Litteratorum Infelicitate,'" Kenneth Gouwens, "Braking the Silence: Women , Censorship and the Reformation," Peter Matheson, "Nature and Supernature in the Dialogues of Girolama Fracastoro," Spencer Pearce, "Review Article: Shakespearean Crioticims and the Uses of Theory," Arnold W. Preussner.Articles in No. 2 are "The Establishment of Protestantism in a Provincial Town: A Study of Shrewsbury in the Sixteenth Century," Barbara Coulton, "In Memoriam: Hans Rudolf Guggisberg, 1930-1996," Robert M. Kingdon, "Was Arminius a Molinist?" Eef Dekker, "The Italian Reformation and Juan de Valdes," Massimo Firpo (trans. John Tedeschi), "Marriage, Clientage, Office Holding, and the Advancement of the Early Modern French Nobility: The Noailles Family of Limousin," Robert J. Kalas, "Polemic and History in French Brasil, 1555-1560," John McGrath, "Announcement: Nominating Committee," The Editors, "Adjudicating Memory: Law and Religious Difference in Early Seventeenth-Century France," Diane C. Margolf, "When Maecenaes Was Broke: Cardinal Pole's 'Spiritual' Patronage," Thomas F. Mayer, "Controversy and 'Correctness': English Chronicles and the Chroncilers," Marcia Lee Metzger, "The Political Vision of Antoine Loisel," Jotham Parsosn, "Review Article: The Death of Christopher Marlowe," Elizabeth Lane Furdell.Artlcles in No.3 are "Anne Wheathill;s 'A Handful of Holesome (through Homelie) Hearbs' (1584): The First English Gentlewoman's Prayer Book," Colin B. Atkinson and Jo B. Arkinson, "A Domenican Head in Layman's garb? A Correction to the Scientific Iconography of Giordano Bruno," Edward A. Gosselin, "Naldini's 'Allegory of Dreams' in the Studiolo of Francesco de 'Medici,'" Harvey Hamburgh, "'It is a dangerous (gentle reader)': Censorship, Holinshed's 'Chronicle,' and the Politics of Control," Sarah A. Kelen, "John Foxe and the Joy of Suffering," John R. Knott, "Gerrard Winstanley on Crime and Punishment," Michael Rogers, "'For the Peace of Both, For the Humour of Neither': Bishop Joseph Hall Defends the 'Via Media' in an Age of Extremes, 1601-1656," Dan Steele, "Renaissance National Husbandry: Gervase Markham and the Publication of England," Wendy Wall.Articles in No. 4 are "Plague Imagery as Metaphor for Heresy in Rubens' 'The Miracles of Francis Xavier,'" Christine M. Boeckl, "Hajek, Dubravius, and the Jews: A Contrast in Sixteenth-Century Czech Historiography," Zdenek V. David, "Michelangelo's 'Lives': Sixteenth-Century Books by Vasari, Condivi, and Others," Lisa Pon, "A Divine Apparition of Demonic Possession? Female Agency and Church Authority in Demonic Possession in Sixteenth-Century France," Moshe Sluhovsky, "Review Article: Jews and Anti-Semitism in Early Modern Germany," Stephen G. Burnett, "Review Article: Back to the Political Narrative in Early Modern France," Michael F. Graham, "J. Kelley Sowards, 1924-1996," "James C. Spalding, 1921-1996.".…