TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ii
Abbreviations iv
Introduction 1
Chapter One: The Intellectual and Cultural Formation of a Cardinal 13
Chapter Two: Gonzaga, Reform, and the Office of Bishop 70
Chapter Three: Reform in the Diocese of Mantua 103
Chapter Four: Gonzaga and the ?Spirituali? 166
Chapter Five: The Regency in Mantua 223
Chapter Six: Gonzaga and the Council of Trent 275
Conclusion 340
Appendix 352
Bibliography 372