Men and Women of the Italian Reformation. By Christopher Hare.
(Stanley Paul and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hare tells us that be has been encouraged by the success of his recent work on Princess Giulia Gonzaga Colonna to give the world some additional studies of early Italian Protestants. He has procured a great deal of valuable material, which is practically unknown to the average English reader, and tells many stories of strong human interest, " We see the most highly gifted, the noblest in character and intellect of the sons and daughters of Italy in the sixteenth century, strongly drawn towards the doctrines of the Reformation. We follow them one by one, until the inevitable moment when they openly proclaim their new belief ; henceforth they are marked down by the Roman Inquisition, and the end is only a question of time." We are glad to make acquaintance with such striking personalities as Renee of France, Olympia Morata, and Pietro Carnesecchi, who live their strenuous lives again in Mr. Hare's pages.
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