Margaret More Roper (1505-1544) was the first nonroyal woman to have a book printed in England: Devout Treatise upon the Pater Noster, an English translation of a Latin commentary on the Lord's Prayer by Desiderius Erasmus. Elizabeth McCutcheon is professor emeritus at the University of Hawai'i and is the foremost authority on Margaret Roper. Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Thomas More Studies, she has published numerous articles on Roper. This series edition is the culmination of her outstanding scholarly contributions to Roper studies. Jaime Goodrich is professor of English and director of the Humanities Center at Wayne State University and has published widely on early modern women writers, particularly in relation to Catholicism and humanism. William Gentrup is professor emeritus at Arizona State University and is the editor or coeditor of three scholarly collections on Renaissance subjects, including, with Elizabeth McCutcheon, A Companion to Margaret More Roper Studies: Life Records, Essential Texts, and Critical Essays.