Catholic Advocate of the Evangelical Truth

“This theologically and historically well-informed collection of articles on Marcus Marulus is a most welcome contribution to scholarship. The author introduces the Croatian humanist, who is considered the father of literature in his homeland, to a worldwide audience with his second full-length book on him in English. We are indebted to Franz Posset for this valuable insight into Marulus’s life, theology and biblical exegesis.”


—Luka Ilic, Balzheim, Germany





“Posset's new book about the poet and lay theologian Marcus Marulus (1450–1524) offers innovative insights into the role of political allegory, patristic heritage, and christological themes in the works of the Croatian Renaissance humanist. Describing their literary and publication history, as well as their place in the perspective of Christian-Muslim relations, Posset masterfully reveals a vivid network of sources and responses that exist between Marulus’s writings and their European cultural and political context.”


—Bratislav Lučin, Split, Croatia





“Franz Posset unlike any other scholar in recent decades has studied the religious turmoil in Europe at the beginning of the sixteenth century. . . . He does this with a love for the details and in uniquely historiographical and linguistic breadth. . . . In groundbreaking studies on Marcus Marulus, a lay theologian and Renaissance humanist who was famous in his time throughout Europe, Posset in his analytical drive focuses on the interpretation of the Bible of the chief protagonists, including the almost forgotten Marcus Marulus.”


—Zvonko Pandžić, Würzburg, Germany





“What Dante is to the Italians, Cervantes to the Spaniards, Shakespeare to the English, Goethe to the Germans, Marcus Marulus is to the Croatians. . . . Thanks to scholars like Franz Posset in the West and researchers in Marulus’s homeland of Croatia and elsewhere, interest in Marulus is undergoing a much-deserved albeit belated revival. Posset’s insights into Marulus’s hermeneutics, eschatology, and concerns regarding religious and political affairs of his day broaden the scope of ‘Marulology’ and open up opportunities for further scholarly explorations.”


—Vladimir Bubrin, Toronto, Canada