The matter under study here is not priests and pastors pursuing reform, but the reform of priests and pastors under the 1563 decree by the Council of Trent that all dioceses in Catholic territories build seminaries to train parish priests. Comerford (history, Georgia Southern U.) explores how that played out in a number of diocesan seminaries in the part of Italy now called Tuscany, between the close of the Council and the late 17th century. The dioceses she examines span a wide range of economic, political, demographic, and religious issues. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)