Papers presented at a conference entitled The Cultural Impact of Italian Reformers, hosted by the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Sept. 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Joseph C. McLelland -- The circulation of Protestant books in Italy / Paul F. Grendler -- Loci communes and the rhetorical and dialectical traditions / Cesare Vasoli -- Aristotle, Machiavelli, and religious dissimulation / Rita Belladonna -- Religion more veneto and the trial of Pier Paolo Vergerio / Antonio Santosuosso -- Geneva, 1576-78, the Italian community and the myth of Italy / Antonio D'Andrea -- Peter Martyr Vermigli, Protestant humanist / Marvin Anderson -- Peter Martyr in England / Philip M.J. McNair -- The social and ethical thought of Peter Martyr Vermigli / John Patrick Donnelly -- The political thought of Peter Martyr Vermigli / Robert M. Kingdon -- Peter Martyr Vermigli, scholastic or humanist? / Joseph C. McLelland.