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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCE:

Auchter, Dorothy. Dictionary of Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Tudor and Stuart England The Stuart Period
The Stuart period was an important stage of English history. It represented the time frame from James I of England (or James VI of Scotland) all the way to the reign of Queen Anne. James I came to the throne in 1603.
. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 2001. xxxiv + 403 pp. appends, index. $91. ISBN ISBN
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International Standard Book Number


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: 0-313-31114-5.

Beatty, Mary Lou, ed. Rediscovering America: Thirty-five Years of the National Endowment for the Humanites. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001. 92 pp. illus. n.p. ISBN: 0-16-050627-1.

Couzinet, Marie-Dominique, ed. Bibliographie des Ecrivains Francais: Jean Bodin Jean Bodin (1530–1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement (not to be confused with the English Parliament) of Paris and professor of Law in Toulouse. He is best known for his theory of sovereignty. . (Bibliographie Thematique des Litteratures Francophones Europeennes.) Paris and Rome: Memini, 2001. 364 pp. index. Euro 64. ISBN: 88-86609-37-X.

Dobson, Michael and Stanley Wells Stanley William Wells (born May 21 1930) is a Shakespeare scholar, who was Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) from 1988-1997. He is now Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies. , eds. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford and New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
: Oxford University Press, 2001. Xxx + 541 pp. illus, appends. $45. ISBN: 0-19-811735-3.

Keeble, N.H., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution. (Cambridge Companions to Literature) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP) is a publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534, and one of the two privileged presses (the other being Oxford University Press). , 2001. xxii + 296 pp. illus, index. $59.95 (cl), $21.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-521-64252-3 (cl), 0-521-64522-0 (pbk).

National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. Center 21: Record of Activities and Research Reports, June 2000 - May 2001. Washington: Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, 2001. 192 pp. illus, index. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

Owen, Susan J. A Companion to Restoration Drama. (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, 12.) Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. xvi + 456 pp. index. $99.95. ISBN: 0-631-21923-4.

Reformation: Katalog 907. Erasmushaus: Haus der Bucher AG. 184 pp. illus. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, AND DOCUMENTS:

Aughterson, Kate, ed. The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents. New York: Routledge, 2002. xiii + 607 pp. bibl, index. $28.95. ISBN: 0-415-27115-0.

Dean, Clay, ed. Rediscovering Fra Angelico: A Fragmentary History. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early , 2001. 58 pp. illus. n.p. ISBN: 0-89467-950-3.

De la Croix, Saint Jean. Dans une nuit obscure: Poesie mystique complete. Paris: Librio, 2001. 158 pp. illus. Euro 1.45. ISBN: 2-290-31092-1.

de Navarre, Marguerite. Oeuvres completes I: Pater PATER. Father. A term used in making genealogical tables.  Noster et Petit Oeuvre devot. (Textes de la Renaissance, 33.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 143 pp. index, bibl. n.p. ISBN: 2-7453-0293-0.

de Navarre, Marguerite. Oeuvres completes III: Le Triomphe de l'Agneau. Ed. Nicole Cauzauran. (Textes de la renaissance, 42.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 302 pp. append To add to the end of an existing structure. , bibl. n.p. ISBN: 2-7453-0576-X.

Erasmus, Desiderius. The Adages of Erasmus. Ed. William Barker. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells,  Press, 2001. ii + 405 pp. illus, index. $80 (cl), $29.95 (pbk). ISBN: 8020-4874-9 (cl), 8020-7740-4 (pbk).

Garzoni, Tomaso. L'hospidale de'pazzi incurabili. Ed. Adelin Charles Fiorato. Trans. Francois de Clarier. (Textes de la renaissance, 45.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 454 pp. L. 1.100.000. ISBN: 2-7453-0579-4.

Hadfield, Andrew. Amazons, Savages and Machiavels: Travel and Colonial Writing in English, 1550-1630: An Anthology. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001 xiv + 322 pp. illus, bibl, index. $21.95. ISBN: 0-19-871186-7.

Havens, Earle. Commonplace Books: A History of Manuscripts and Printed Books from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century. Ed. James Mooney. Hanover: University Press of New England The University Press of New England (or UPNE), founded in 1970, is a university press that is supported by Brandeis University, Dartmouth College (where it is located), the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Tufts University and the University of Vermont. , 2001. 100 pp. illus, bibl, index. $50. ISBN: 0-8457-3137-8.

Marsilius of Padua Marsilius of Padua (märsĭl`ēəs, pă`dyə), d. c.1342, Italian political philosopher. He is satirically called Marsiglio. . Defensor pacis. Trans. by Alan Gewirth. New York: Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, , 2001. xciv + 466 pp. bibl, index. $22.50 (pbk). ISBN: 0-231-12355-8.

Montella, Giovan Domenico. Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci. Ed. Chou, Chih-Hsin. (Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance, 129.) Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 2001. Xxiv + 90 pp. illus, append. $56. ISBN: 0-89579-497-7.

Moyer, Ann E. The Philosophers' Game: Rithmomachia in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, with an edition of Ralph Lever and William Fulke, The Most Noble, Auncient, and Learned Playe (1563). (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization.) Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries.  Press, 2001. vi + 232 pp. illus, bibl, index. $57.50. ISBN: 0-472-11228-7.

Pasquier, Etienne. Les Jeus Poetiques (1610): Edition critique. (Textes de la Renaissance, 44.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 475 pp. bibl, index. Euro 68.60. ISBN: 2-7453-0578-6.

Petrarch. Bucolicum carmen. Ed. Marcel Francois and Paul Bachmann. (Textes de la Renaissance, 43.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 471 pp. bibl, index. n.p. ISBN: 2-7453-0577-8.

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. G.R. Hibbard. (The Oxford Shakespeare.) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. x + 406 pp. illus, appends, index. $7.95. ISBN: 0-19-283416-9.

Strohm, Reinhard, and Bonnie J. Blackburn. Music as Concept and Practice in the Late Middle Ages. (The New Oxford History of Music, 3.1.) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xxxii + 460 pp. illus, append, bibl, index. $115. ISBN: 0-19-816205-7.

Tydeman, William, ed. The Medieval European Stage 500-1550. (Theatre in Europe: A Documentary History.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. lxii + 720 pp. illus, bibl, index. $140. ISBN: 0-521-24609-1.

Wolf, Lucien, ed. and trans. Jews in the Canary Islands: Being a calendar of Jewish Cases extracted from the records of the Canariote inquisition in the collection of the Marquess of Bute The title Marquess of the County of Bute was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1796 for the 4th Earl of Bute, along with the subsidiary titles Earl of Windsor and Viscount Mountjoy, of the Isle of Wight. , (Renaissance Society of America Reprint Texts.) Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2001. xliv + 278 pp. index. $65. ISBN: 0-8020-3585-X.

STUDIES AND COLLECTED ESSAYS:

Aprosiana: Rivista annuale di studi Barocchi. (Nuova Serie, Anno VIII-2000.) Citta di Ventimiglia: Civica Biblioteca Aprosiana, 2000. 205 pp. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

Alexander, Catherine M.S. and Stanley Wells, eds. Shakespeare and Sexuality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. x + 207 pp. index. $54.95 (cl), $18.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-521-80031-5 (cl), 0-52180475-2 (pbk).

Aspinall, Dana E., ed. The Taming of the Shrew shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. : Critical Essays. New York and London: Routledge, 2002. xii +388 pp. illus. $95. ISBN: 0-815-33515-6.

Braddick, Michael J. and John Walter, eds. Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society: Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. x + 316 pp. index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-52165 163-8.

Calamus calamus (kăl`əməs): see arum.  Renascens: Revista de humanismo y tradicidn clasica. Alcaniz and Cadiz: Instituto de Estudios Humanisticos, 2000. 423 pp. illus, index. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

Canone, Eugenio, and Germana Ernst, eds. Bruniana e Campaneiiana: Ricerche filosofiche e materiali storico-testuali. (Anno VII. 2001/1.) Pisa and Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2001. 309 pp. ISBN: n.a.

Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
, Joshua, and Kenneth R. Manning, eds. Asking the Right Questions: A Colloquium col·lo·qui·um  
n. pl. col·lo·qui·ums or col·lo·qui·a
1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views.

2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting.
 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary, October 6-7, 2000. Massachusetts: Massachussets Institute of Technology, 2001. ISBN: x + 118 pp. n.p. ISBN: 0-9713120-0-1.

Comerford, Kathleen M., and Hilmar M. Pabel, eds. Early Modern Catholicism: Essays in Honor of John W O'Malley, S.J. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2001. xxxiv + 324 pp. illus, index. $27.50. ISBN: 0-8020-8417-6.

Davis, Robert C., and Benjamin Ravid, eds. The Jews of Early Modern Venice. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C.  Press, 2001. xx + 314 pp. illus, index. $52.50. ISBN: 0-8018-6512-3.

Feldman, Fred. Utilitarianism utilitarianism (y'tĭlĭtr`ēənĭzəm, y , Hedonism hedonism (hē`dənĭz'əm) [Gr.,=pleasure], the doctrine that holds that pleasure is the highest good. Ancient hedonism expressed itself in two ways: the cruder form was that proposed by Aristippus and the early Cyrenaics, who believed , and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy. (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy.) Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. x + 220 pp. illus, index. $80. ISBN: 0-521-59842-7.

Fragnito, Gigliola, ed. Church, Censorship and Culture in Early Modern Italy. (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture.) Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 264 pp. illus, index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-66172-2.

France, Richard, ed. Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts. Foreword by Simon Callow. New York and London: Routledge, 2001. xviii + 18 b/w pls. + 297 pp. bibl. $24.95 paper. ISBN: 0-415-93726-4.

Freedman, Luba, and Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich, eds. Wege zum mythos my·thos  
n. pl. my·thoi
1. Myth.

2. Mythology.

3. The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts.
. (Ikonographische Repertorien zur Rezeption de antiken Mythos in Europa, 3.) Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2001. 214 pp. illus, index. DM 104. ISBN: 3-7861-2419-1.

Griffiths, Richard, ed. The Bible in the Renaissance: Essays on Biblical Commentary and Translation in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History, 31.) Aldershot, England and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing, 2001. xviii + 204 pp. illus, index. $84.95. ISBN: 0-7546-0394-6.

Haines, Margaret, ed. Santa Maria del Fiore: The Cathedral and Its Sculpture. (Acts of the International Symposium for the VII Centenary of the Cathedral of Florence, June 5-6, 1997. Villa I Tatti: The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, 18.) Fiesole: Edizioni Cadmo, 2001. 318 pp. illus. n.p. ISBN: 88-7923-246-0.

Holland, Peter, ed. Shakespeare Survey 54: Shakespeare and Religions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. x + 372 pp. illus, index. $80. ISBN: 0-521-80341-1.

Katz, Melissa, and Robert A. Orsi, eds. Divine Mirrors: The Madonna Unveiled. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xxi + 298 pp. illus, index. $29.95. ISBN: 0-19-514558-5.

Kliman, Bernice W, ed. Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Hamlet. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2001. xiv + 287 pp. illus, bibl, index. $18 (pbk). ISBN: 0-87352-768-2.

Kohl, Benjamin G. Culture and Politics in Lady Renaissance Padua. (Variorum Collected Studies Series.) Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2001. xii + 318 pp. illus, index. $105.95. ISBN: 0-86078-871-7.

Merritt, J.F., ed. Imagining Early Modern London: Perceptions & Portrayals of the City from Stow to Strype 1598-1720. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xii + 305 pp. illus, index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-77346-6.

Moisan, Thomas, and Douglas Bruster. In the Company of Shakespeare: Essays on English Renaissance Literature in Honor of G. Blackmore Evans. Madison and Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University, at Florham-Madison and Teaneck-Hackensack, N.J.; coeducational; incorporated and opened 1942 as a junior college, became a four-year college in 1948 and a university in 1956.  Press, 2002. 358 pp. illus, append, index. $57.50. ISBN: 08386-3902-X.

Pettegree, Andrew, Paul Nelles and Philip Conner, eds. The Sixteenth-Century French Religious Book. Aldershot, England and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing, 2001. xviii + 366 pp. illus, index. $99.95. ISBN: 0-75460-278-8.

Shakespeare Society of Japan, The. Shakespeare Studies. Vol. 37 (1999). Tokyo: The Shakespeare Society of Japan, 2000. ii + 62 pp. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

Stanivukovic, Goran V., ed. Ovid and the Renaissance Body. Toronto and Buffalo: The University of Toronto Press, 2001. viii + 281 pp. index. $65. ISBN: 0-8020-3515-9.

Syson, Luke, and Dillian Gordon. Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court. (Exhibition Catalogue. National Gallery, London. October 24, 2001-January 13, 2002.) London: National Gallery Company, 2001. xii + 264 pp. illus, bibl, index. [pounds sterling]35. ISBN: 1-85709-932-X.

Warkentin, Germaine, and Carolyn Podruchny, eds. Decentring the Renaissance: Canada and Europe in Multidisciplinary Perspective, 1500-1700. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2001. xii + 388 pp. illus, bibl, index. $80. ISBN: 0-8020-4327-5.

Watson, Wendy M. Italian Renaissance Ceramics: The Howard L. and Janet H. Stein Collection. (Exhibition Catalogue, Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When the city of Philadelphia planned to erect a building to house the Centennial Exposition of 1876, provision was made to keep the building permanently occupied; the Pennsylvania Museum and School . December 7, 2001 - April 28, 2002.) Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001. 224 pp. illus, bibl, index. $45. ISBN: 0-87633-154-1.

MONOGRAPHS:

Ax, Wolfram wolfram: see tungsten. . Von Eleganz und Barbarei: Lateinische Gram matik und Stilistik in Renaissance und Barock. (Wolfenbutteler Forschungen, Band 95.) Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001. 288 pp. illus, index. DM 138. ISBN: 3-447-04493-4.

Baruchson-Arbib, Shifra. La Culture livresque des juifs d'Italie a la fin de la Renaissance. (Documents, etudes et repertoires, 66.) Paris: CNRS CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research, France)
CNRS Centro Nacional de Referencia Para El Sida (Argentinean National Reference Center for Aids) 
 editions, 2001. 296 PP. iilus, bibl, index. 45 Euro. ISBN: 2271-05933-X.

Bichard-Thomine, Marie-Claire. Noel du Fail: conteur. (Etudes et essais sur La Renaissance, 28.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 627 pp. bibl, index. n.p. ISBN: 2-7453-0527-1.

Bizer, Marc. Les Lettres romaines de Du Bellay: Les Regrets et la tradition epistolaire. (Espace litteraire.) Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2001. 304 pp. bibl, index. $29.95. ISBN: 2-7606-1795-5.

Black, Robert. Humanism and Education in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: Tradition and Innovation in Latin Schools from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xvi + 489 pp. illus, bibl, indexes. $80. ISBN: 0-521-40192-5.

Buhler, Stephen M. Shakespeare in the Cinema: Ocular Proof. (The SUNY SUNY - State University of New York  Series: Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video.) Albany: State University of New York Press The State University of New York Press (or SUNY Press), founded in 1966, is a university press that is part of State University of New York system. External link
  • State University of New York Press
, 2002. xi + 213 pp. illus, bibl, index. $19.95. ISBN: 0-7914-5140-2.

Cartwright, Keith. Reading Africa into American Literature: Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales. Lexington: The University of Kentucky Coordinates:  The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky.  Press, 2002. vii + 270 pp. bibl, index. $36. ISBN: 0-8131-2220-1.

Celenza, Christopher S. Piety and Pythagoras in Renaissance Florence: The Symbolum Nesianum. (Studies in the History of Christian Thought, 101.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2001. xiii + 238 pp. append. bibl, index. $85. ISBN: 90-04-12211-7.

Clegg, Cyndia Susan. Press Censorship in Jacobean England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xii + 286 pp. bibl, index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-78243-0.

Cohen, Elizabeth S. and Thomas V. Cohen. Daily Life in Renaissance Italy. Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2001. Xiv + 316 pp. illus, bibl, index. $49.95. ISBN: 0-313-30426-2.

Coleman, James W. Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press. The university had sponsored scholarly publication since 1943. , 2001. viii + 193 pp. bibl, index. $45. ISBN: 08131-2204-X.

Craig, Leon Harold. Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 2001. xii + 406 pp. bibl, index. $70. ISBN: 0-8020-3571-X.

Crescenzo, Richard. Histoire de la literature francaise du XVI siecle. (Unichamp-Essetiel, 6.) Paris: Honore Champion, 2001. 240 pp. bibl, index. Euro 14.48. ISBN: 2-7453-0570-0.

Dandelet, Thomas James. Spanish Rome, 1500-1700. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. 278 pp. index. $35. ISBN: 0-300-089562.

D'Avray, David L. Medieval Marriage Sermons: Mass Communication in a Culture without Print. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvi + 332 pp. bibl, index. $85. ISBN: 0-19-820814-6.

Di Grazia, Marco. Philip Mazzei: A Hero of American Independence. Firenze: Edizioni Regione Toscana. ii + 52 pp. illus. n.p. ISBN: n.a.

Di Maria, Salvatore. The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance: Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2002. 272 pp. illus, bibl, index. $46.50. ISBN: 0-8387-5490-2.

Everson, Jane E. The Italian Romance Epic in the Age of Humanism: The Matter of Italy and the World of Rome. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiv + 386 pp. illus, bibi, index. $74. ISBN: 0-19-816015-1.

Ferraro, Joanne M. Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xix + 221 pp. illus, bibl, index. $19.95. ISBN: 0-19-514496-1.

Fleming, Juliet. Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England. (Material Texts.) Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press The University of Pennsylvania Press (or Penn Press) was originally incorporated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 26 March 1890, and the imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in the closing decade of the nineteenth , 2001. 224 pp. illus, bibl, index. $35. ISBN: 0-8122-3629-7.

Franklin, James. The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xiv + 497 pp. index. $55. ISBN: 0-8018-6569-7.

Games, Alison. Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. It was established on January 13, 1913. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. , 2001. xiv + 322 pp. illus, bibl, index. $22.00. ISBN: 0-674-00702-6.

Georgopoulou, Maria. Venice's Mediterranean Colonies: Architecture and Urbanism. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xv + 383 pp. illus, bibl, index. $80. ISBN: 0-521-78235-X.

Gordon, Andrew and Bernhard Klein, eds. Literature, Mapping and the Politics of Space in Early Modern Britain
    "Early Modern Britain" is a term used to define the period in the history of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Major historical events in Early Modern British history include the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and
    . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xiv + 276 pp. illus, bibi, index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-80377-2.

    Grafton, Anthony. Cardano's Cosmos: The Worlds and Works of a Renaissance Astrologer. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2001. xii + 284 pp. illus, bibl, index. $16.95 (pbk). ISBN: 0-674-00670-4.

    Grafton, Anthony. Traditions of Conversion: Descartes and his Demon. (Occasional Papers of the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 22.) Berkeley: The Regents of the University of California The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full (i.e., voting) members:
    • The majority (18 Regents) are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms.
     and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 2000. vi + 32 pp. n.p. ISBN: 1-881865-22-3.

    Hunter, Heidi. Colonial Women: Race and Culture in Stuart Drama. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. x + 141 pp. index. $35. ISBN: 0-19514188-1.

    Hoffman, Eva. Complex Histories, Contested Memories. (Occasional Papers of the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 23.) Berkeley: The Regents of the University of California and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 2000. vi + 26 pp. n.p. ISBN: 1-881865-23-1.

    Jacks, Philip, and William Caferro. The Spinelli of Florence: Fortunes of a Renaissance Merchant Family. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School.  Press, 2001. xxii + 418 pp. illus, bibl, index. $75. ISBN: 0-271-01924-7.

    Jeanneret, Michel. Perpetual Motion: Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot.  to Montaigne. Trans. by Nidra Poller. (Parallax parallax (pâr`əlăks), any alteration in the relative apparent positions of objects produced by a shift in the position of the observer. In astronomy the term is used for several techniques for determining distance.  Re-Visions of Culture and Society.) Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xii + 320 pp. illus, bibl, indexes. $49.95. ISBN: 0-8018-6480-1.

    Kastan, David Scott. Shakespeare and the Book. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xiii + 167 pp. illus, index. $54 (cl), $20 (pbk). ISBN: 0-521-78139-6 (cl), 0-521-78651-7 (pbk).

    Knutson, Roslyn Lander. Playing Companies and Commerce in Shakespeare's Time. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. x + 198 pp. illus, bibl, index. $54.95. ISBN: 0-521-77242-7.

    Lazard, Madeleine. Les avenues de Femynie: Les femmes et la Renaissance. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2001. 437 pp. bibl, index. 23 Euro. ISBN: 2-213-61022-3.

    Levin, Carole. The Reign of Elizabeth I. Houndmills, England and New York: Palgrave, 2002. x + 146 pp. bibl, index. $14.99 paper. ISBN: 0-333-65866-3.

    Litsios, Socrates. Plague Legends: From the Miasmas of Hippocrates to the Microbes of Pasteur. Chesterfield, MO: Science and Humanities Press, 2001. x + 250 pp. illus, bibl. $24.95. ISBN: 1-888725-33-8.

    Lyne, Raphael. Ouid's Changing Worlds: English Metamorphoses, 1567-1632. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xii + 303 pp. bibl, index. $65. ISBN: 0-19-818704-1.

    Mack, Rosamond E. Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press

    University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
    , 2002. x + 258 pp. illus, bibl, index. $65. ISBN: 0-520-22131-1.

    Maggi, Armando. Satan's Rhetoric: A Study of Renaissance Demonology de·mon·ol·o·gy  
    n.
    1. The study of demons.

    2. Belief in or worship of demons.

    3. A list or catalog of one's enemies:
    . Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including , 2001. x + 260 pp. illus, bibl, index. $37.50. ISBN: 0-226-50132-9.

    Matarasso, Pauline. Queen's Mate: Three Women of Power in France on the Eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons.  of the Renaissance. Alder-shot, England and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2001. xiv + 16 b/w pls. + 3l7pp. illus, bibl, index. $79.95. ISBN: 0-7546-0321-0.

    Newcomb, Lori Humphrey. Reading Popular Romance in Early Modern England. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. xvi + 332 pp. illus, index. $49.50. ISBN: 0-231-12378-7.

    Newman, William R. and Anthony Grafton. Secrets of Nature: Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies which spans the two centuries between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution. . (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology For chronological accounts of the development of science and technology, see history of science and history of technology.

    The history of science and technology (HST
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    Palmer, Patricia. Language and Conquest in Early Modern England: English Renaissance Literature and Elizabethan Imperial Expansion. Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 2001. xii + 254 pp. bibl, index. $59.95. ISBN: 0-521-79318-1.

    Parrott, David. Richelieu's Army: War, Government and Society in France, 1624-1642. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xxiv + 599 pp. illus, bibl, index. $90. ISBN: 0-521-79209-6.

    Pendergast, John S. Love's Labour's Lost: A Guide to the Play. (Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare.) Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 2002. xiv + 180 pp. illus, bibl, index. $72. ISBN: 0-313-31315-6.

    Piepho, Lee. Holofernes' Mantuan man·tu·a  
    n.
    A woman's garment of the 17th and 18th centuries consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt.
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    Raber, Karen. Dramatic Difference: Gender, Class, and Genre in the Early Modern Closet Drama. Newark: University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities.  Press, 2001. 338 pp. bibl, index. $49.50. ISBN: 0-87413-757-8.

    Reardon, Colleen. Holy Concord within Sacred Walls: Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575-1700. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiv + 289 pp. illus, append, gloss, bibl, index. $65. ISBN: 0-19-513295-5.

    Rose, Mary Beth. Gender and Heroism in Early Modern English Early Modern English refers to the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 15th century) to 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare both belong to the late phase  Literature. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xxii + 139 pp. index. $15. ISBN: 0-226-72573-1.

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    Schmidt, Benjamin. Innocence Abroad: The Dutch Imagination and the New World, 1570-1670. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xxx + 450 pp. illus, bibl, index. $64.95. ISBN: 0-521-80408-6.

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    Shannon, Laurie. Sovereign Amity am·i·ty  
    n. pl. am·i·ties
    Peaceful relations, as between nations; friendship.



    [Middle English amite, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *am
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    Shoulson, Jeffrey S. Milton and the Rabbis: Hebraism, Hellenism, and Christianity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xvi + 340 pp. bibl, index. $52.50 (cl), $19.50 (pbk). ISBN: 0-231-12328-0 (cl), 0-231-12329-9 (pbk).

    Simons, Walter. Cities of Ladies: Beguine be·guine  
    n.
    1. A ballroom dance similar to the rumba, based on a dance of Martinique and St. Lucia.

    2. The music for this dance.
     Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. xvi + 335 pp. illus, bibl, appends, index. $65. ISBN: 0-8122-3604-1.

    Spring, Matthew. The Lute in Britain: A History of the Instrument and Its Music. (Oxford Early Music Series.) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xxxii + 536 pp. illus, bibl, index. $150. ISBN: 0-19-816620-6.

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    Thelwall, John. The Peripatetic. Ed. Judith Thompson. Detroit: Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges).  Press, 2001. 448 pp. illus, append, index. $39.95. ISBN: 0-8143-2882-2.

    Thierry, Eric. Marc Lescarbot (vers vers
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    versed sine
     1570-1641): Un homme de plume au service de la Nouvelle-Franre. (Les Geographies du Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.
    Le beau monde
    fashionable society. See Beau monde.
    Demi monde
    See Demimonde.
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    Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation.
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    1. A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto.

    2. The back of a coin or medal.
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