Authority and Representation in Early Modern Discourse; Robert Weimann, David Hillman (Editor); Paperback; $15.95; Book News, Inc., 07/31/96: Expands and develops some ideas expressed in the first two chapters of Weimann's 1988 German study of Shakespeare. Pivots on the themes of discord in authority during the Reformation and sign and authority in early modern fiction, to discuss Luther, Calvin, Bancroft, Malory, Erasmus, Rabelais, Cervantes, and other writers; as well as general topics such as law versus conscience and the contexts of Renaissance humanism.

The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance; John Hale; Hardcover; $31.50; Exploring every aspect of art, philosophy, politics, life and culture between 1450 and 1620, this enthralling panorama examines one of the most fascinating and exciting periods in European history. "A rich, dense book which combines inspiring generalizations with idiosyncratic detail."--The Spectator. Photos.

Darke Hierogliphicks : Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration (Studies in the English Renaissance); Stanton J. Linden; Hardcover; $62.50; Midwest Book Review: Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy In English Literature From Chaucer To The Restoration is the first comprehensive examination of the influence of alchemy in English literature from the late Middle Ages through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is interdisciplinary in nature, involving such fields as alchemy and hermeticism, the history of chemistry and medicine, philosophy, and literature. Darke Hierogliphicks is concerned primarily with the changing conceptions of alchemy throughout this three hundred year period, as shifting contexts for the study of literature. It is both a critical study of the use of alchemy by a large number of major and secondary writers, as well as a reference work on the topic. Darke Hierogliphicks is an impressive body of original research and a fascinate survey of a heretofore neglected influence on three centuries of English literature.

A History of Sixteenth-Century France, 1483-1598 : Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion; Janine Garrisson, et al; Hardcover; $49.95; Book News, Inc., 03/01/96: The first in a four-volume history of early modern France from the final consolidation of the kingdom to the eve of the French Revolution. Here Garrisson (history, U. of Limoges, covers the Italian Wars under Charles VIII, through the near disintegration of the realm under the last Valois kings, to the restoration of royal power under Henri IV. Drawing on her deep knowledge of the provinces, she focuses on how the machinery of monarchy was impelled by foreign ambitions and inhibited by provincial and religious loyalties. Includes a glossary without pronunciation.

The Italian Renaissance (Renaissance Society of America Reprint Texts); Werner L. Gundersheimer (Editor); Hardcover; $15.95; Presents relatively extensive selections from 11 documents which illustrate the life and thought of Italians in the 15th and 16th centuries. Among the documents: The Prince (Machiavelli), The Commentaries (Pope Pius II), and The Notebooks (Da Vinci). Each is introduced.

The King's Fool : A Book About Medieval and Renaissance Fools; Dana Fradon; School & Library Binding; $13.49; Examines the role of fools or jesters in medieval and Renaissance society and describes such individuals as Will Sommers of sixteenth-century England and Querno of sixteenth-century Italy.

The Renaissance and New World (History of Everyday Things); Giovanni Caselli; Library Binding; $18.95; Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Renaissance People (People and Places); Sarah Howarth; Library Binding; $15.90; Presents thirteen walks of life from the Renaissance, including banker, artist, and explorer. Includes quotations from contemporary sources.

Anxious Masculinity in Early Modern England (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture, No 10); Mark Breitenberg; Hardcover; $49.95

Bearers of Meaning : The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance; John Onians; Hardcover; $89.50

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy; Jacob Burckhardt, S.G.C. Middlemore (Translator); Paperback; $11.65

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Arts and Letters); Jacob Burckhardt, et al; Paperback; $13.45

Classics of Western Thought : Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation Vol 2; Karl F. Thompson (Editor); Paperback; $28.26

Cosmopolis : The Hidden Agenda of Modernity; Stephen Toulmin; Paperback; $13.45

The Custom of the Castle : From Malory to MacBeth; Charles Ross; Hardcover; $48.75

The Debellation of Salem and Bizance (Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, Vol 10) Vol 10; John Guy, et al; Hardcover; $75.00

Defenders of the Text : The Traditions of Scholarship in the Age of Science, 1450-1800; Anthony Grafton; Hardcover; $44.00

Elizabeth I : The Competition for Representation; Susan Frye; Paperback; $16.95

God Speed the Plough : The Representation of Agrarian England, 1500-1660 (Past and Present Publications); Andrew McRae, Andrew McCrae; Hardcover; $64.95

The Heritage of Giotto's Geometry : Art and Science on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution; Samuel Y. Edgerton; Hardcover; $55.00

Homosexuality in Renaissance England (Between Men--Between Women); Alan Bray; Paperback; $12.00

Homosexuality in Renaissance England (Between Men-Between Women); Alan Bray, et al; Hardcover; $35.00

Humanists and Reformers : A History of the Renaissance and Reformation; Bard Thompson; Hardcover; $36.00

Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance : The Case of Law (Ideas in Context, No 21); Ian MacLean; Hardcover; $54.95

The Italian Renaissance (The American Heritage Library); J. H. Plumb; Paperback; $13.50

The Italian Renaissance : Culture and Society in Italy; Peter Burke; Hardcover; $55.00

The Italian Renaissance : The Origins of Intellectual and Artistic Change Before the Reformation; John N. Stephens; Hardcover; $53.75

The Muses Females Are : Martha Moulsworth and Other Women Writers of the English Renaissance (Locust Hill Literary Studies, No 20); Robert C. Evans (Editor), Anne C. Little (Editor); Hardcover; $32.00

Music in the Renaissance; Howard M. Brown; Paperback; $36.80

Paracelsus : Speculative Theory and the Crisis of the Early Reformation (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions); Andrew Weeks; Hardcover; $65.50

Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance Women (Suny Series in Speech Communication); Carole Levin, Patricia Ann Sullivan (Editor); Hardcover; $57.50

Reformation Thought : An Introduction; Alister E. McGrath; Hardcover; $22.95

Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688; Donna B. Hamilton (Editor), Richard Strier (Editor); Hardcover; $54.95

The Renaissance Vol 5; William James Durant, Will Durant; Hardcover; $31.50

The Renaissance (See Through History); Tim Wood; Hardcover; $13.49

Renaissance Essays; H.R. Trevor-Roper; Hardcover; $27.00

Renaissance Feminism : Literary Texts and Political Models; Constance Jordan; Paperback; $17.95

Renaissance Florence; Gene A. Brucker; Paperback; $14.95

Renaissance Genres : Essays on Theory, History, and Interpretation (Harvard English Studies, 14) Vol 14; Barbara Lewalski (Editor); Paperback; $11.95

Renaissance Genres : Essays on Theory, History, and Interpretation (Harvard English Studies, Vol 14) Vol 14; Barbara Kiefer Lewalski (Editor); Hardcover; $27.95

The Renaissance Reader; Kenneth J. Atchity (Editor), Rosemary McKenna (Editor); Hardcover; $31.50

Renaissance Self-Fashioning : From More to Shakespeare; Stephen Jay Greenblatt; Paperback; $13.95

A Short History of Renaissance and Reformation Europe : Dances over Fire and Water; Jonathan W. Zophy; Paperback; $27.53

The Tears of Narcissus : Melancholia and Masculinity in Early Modern Writing; Lynn Enterline; Hardcover; $49.50

The Usurer's Daughter : Male Friendship and Fictions of Women in Sixteenth-Century England; Lorna Hutson; Hardcover; $69.95

War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620; J. R. Hale; Paperback; $15.75

Women According to Men : The World of Tudor-Stuart Women; Suzanne W. Hull; Hardcover; $35.00

Women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance : Literary and Historical Perspectives; Mary Beth Rose (Editor); Paperback; $16.95

Women of the Renaissance (Women in Culture and Society Series); Margaret L. King; Paperback; $16.16

Women Writers of the English Renaissance (Twayne's English Authors Series, No 521); Kim Walker; Hardcover; $28.95

Women, Family and Ritual in Renaissance Italy; Christiane Klapisch-Zuber; Paperback; $14.95