J. A. Fernandez-Santamaria is a retired Professor of history. He received his Ph.D. in history from Indiana University. In addition to articles in professional journals and an edition of Baltasar Alamos de Barrientos Tacito espanol, he is the author of The State, War, and Peace: Spanish Political Thought in the Renaissance (1516-1559); Reason of State and Statecraft in Spanish Political Thought (1595-1640); Juan Luis Vives. Escepticismoy prudencia en el Renacimiento; La formacion de la sociedad y el origen del Estado. Ensayos sobre el pensamiento politico espanol del Siglo de Oro; and The Thea...