Anne Schutte has helped me in many ways, not the least of which was in arranging for photographs of the Contarini chapel in the church of the Madonna dell'Orto in Venice.Ĥ8 The main reason is the variety of themes touched on or implicit in his unsystematic and at times emotional letters.
I am grateful for his articles and books, his challenging comments, and his participation in many a long and sometimes sharp debate about 'our' spirituali as well as about wider historiographical problems. Paolo Simoncelli has been a faithful friend whose encouragement has meant-and continues to mean-very much to me. Massimo Firpo sent me transcripts of several documents before they were published in his magisterial Processo Morone, and has included me among the recipients of his offprints and books. Aldo Stella has supplied me with much bibliographical information, as well as offprints and books, making me the beneficiary of his thorough knowledge of Italian religious history.
Another student of Contarini, JB Ross, gave me her own microfilms and notes at an early stage of my book I have profited from her generosity. Ever since our first meeting she has kept me abreast of her own work by sending me numerous offprints and publications, and proved a delightful as well as incisive colleague from whom I have learned much.
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