"This monograph is characterized by painstaking research. It is also chock full of fresh scholarly discoveries.Most valuable of all are the apt ways in which the author succeeds in applying the insights gleaned from these relatively obscure commentaries to important historical and theological issues that continue to be discussed today." -- Carl Springer, Lutheran Quarterly"This is an excellent, impressively researched volume that introduces a wide range of thinkers to whom limited attention has been paid in the literature. It convincingly demonstrates the importance of Aristotelian thought on early modern Protestantism and rescues this tradition from the neglect it has received from historians." -- Benjamin B. Saunders, Reading Religion"A highly original contribution to scholarly re-evaluations of the continuities of early modern and pre-Reformation thought, Svensson demonstrates that Protestantism's intellectual milieu remained a transmitter of the medieval Aristotelian moral and political tradition even as it absorbed the concerns of Renaissance humanism - "ProtestantAristotelianism was omnipresent." .

Intellectual historians in a variety of early modern fields, institutional historians of the university, and those more broadly concerned with Renaissance and Reformation history should pay close attention to Svensson's work. The monograph also deserves a broad reception among scholars and ministers engaged in debates as Protestants within a living tradition." -- Adam Quibell, Religious Studies Review"Svensson's work sets a high standard for the further exploration of this rich field. It provides an excellent overview of the Protestant commentaries, grounded in meticulous research of primary sources and their historical context. In sum, with this landmark study, Manfred Svensson has paved the way for a renewed retrieval of Protestant Aristotelian moral and political philosophy,carrying significant implications for our understanding of the development of modern thought." -- Pieter Vos, The Thomist.