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The completion of the volumes planned for the Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, the fortieth‐first year of the publication of the Bulletin of the Amici Thomae Mori (Moreana) and other serials, such as Sixteenth Century Journal, the International Thomas More Congress held every three years, along with other meetings, and the Tyndale Quincentennary—all these venues and others have combined to inspire scholars to write the numerous articles, monographs, collections of essays, festschrifts, and books considered in this study. Although studies of More's life, Utopia, the polemical works, and Richard III predominate, the essay also examines the increased interest scholars have taken recently in the Latin poems, devotional works, and English poems. In spite of the plethora of recent scholarship which, at first glance, would seem to exhaust what could or should be said, the essay concludes that much work, particularly on More's early life, his theological perspective, Utopia, and the polemical tracts needs to be done. Further interest in More's involvement in the law from a historical and political point of view, in comparing him to his contemporaries, and in his flair for the dramatic will continue to intrigue scholars, and studies will likely use inter‐disciplinary/cross‐cultural approaches. (A.J.G.)

Geritz talks about the thirty-sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo featured a special session, \"Thomas More and His Circle,\" on Thursday, 3 May 2001. Francis Carpinelli, Department of English, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, presided at this year's session (which marked the twenty-third time it has been organized), and participants enjoyed listening to two papers. Although they regretted an unfortunate family emergency that prevented Katherine Rodgers from delivering the third communication selected for the session, they spent the time allotted for her in a lively discussion of the papers presented and of other issues of interest to More scholars.

Geritz highlights the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University-Kalamazoo on 4 May 2000. Among others, Hanan Yoran of the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas opened the session with \"More's Utopia and Humanism's No Place.\"

The thirty-fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo featured a special session, \"Thomas More and His Circle,\" on May 9. Evelyn Toft, Department of Spanish, Fort Hays State University, presided at this year's session, and participants enjoyed listening to three papers by Gerhard Helmstaedter, Robert Milliken, and Albert J. Geritz. Among others, Helmstaedter's \"Thomas More's Garden\" considered the principles of the English garden in general, the nature of the garden in More's Utopia, and the garden at More's Chelsea estate--all of which are related to preconceived designs of gardnes found in pertinent treatises.

Although how, when, and where More and Rastell met, their initial reactions to each other, the growth and strength of their friendship, what ideas they exchanged, how well their families got on, and other questions remain matters for speculation, this essay explores what can be known with relative certainty about their relationship. Financial arrangements, shared interests and training in law, participation in government, familial ties and children of similar ages, and involvement in religious controversy provide major junctures from which their relationship can be traced. Other crucial connections between these important men include Rastell's move from Coventry to London, his establishment of a printing house that published some of More's works, his attraction to the More Circle and its humanist ideas, his intended voyage to the New World (perhaps inspired, in part, by More's fictional journey in Utopia ), his authorship of interludes and other works, and his conversion to Protestantism.

Geritz describes two papers presented at the special session on \"The More and His Circle\" during the 33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Among other things, Peter Macaluso claims that, although the Reformation is often considered an age in which polemic voices was dominated, understanding Thomas More's martyrdom should include spiritual dimensions of his life and work.