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Early Modern Politics, Gender, and Belief: The Long-Term Impact of the Reformation. Essays in Memory of Robert Kingdon. Edited by Amy Nelson Burnett, Kathleen M. Comerford, and Karin Maag. [Cahiers d'Humanisme et Renaissance, Vol. 121.] (Geneva: Librairie Droz. 2014. Pp. 320. $49.20 ; CHF41.00 paperback. ISBN 978-2-600-01820-3.)
The ten essays gathered in the present collection had their origins in a series of 2011 conference presentations honoring Robert M. Kingdon, who had passed away the previous year. Authored by senior as well as younger colleagues, friends, and former students, they attest to the strength of Kingdon's influence and the broad reach of his interests. The contributions are highly impressive in their own right and serve as a fitting tribute to a pre-eminent scholar.
A number of the essays address subjects that were of immediate importance to Kingdon, while others speak more to his concerns for the wider contours of the early modern past. Falling into the former category is an initial clutch of...