Much of the literature devoted to Clément Marot either on the one hand explores his poetry in isolation from his Psalm versifications, or on the other hand investigates his Psalm paraphrases to the exclusion of his other poetry. Other studies have variously claimed that his religious views were essentially Roman Catholic, or inherently Calvinist, or Evangelical with significant Lutheran leanings. What Dick Wursten offers in this detailed and closely argued study is an integrated investigation of the output of this important sixteenth-century poet. The main chapters are preceded by a discussion of Marot's life up until his arrival in Geneva, and before a final assessment at the end of the volume an account of his last years is given. The heart of the book is a careful and exhaustive analysis of the more than 3,000 lines that these Psalm versions comprise. Particularly important is the author's concern to establish the theological, philosophical and liturgical contexts that influenced Marot's poetry. Thus, for example, one chapter addresses Marot's understanding of Hebrew, another discusses the issue of Christology in interpreting the Psalms, and there is a particularly important chapter on the influence of Martin Bucer's hermeneutics on Marot's Arguments, the summaries given at the head of each Psalm. Here Wursten is critical of other writers who, in his view, present Marot only as a poet. ‘Any commentator on the Psalms of Marot who refuses to check peculiar translations by Marot in contemporary commentaries, in particular Bucer's, will be condemned to mistaking serious translation choices for poetical liberties' (p. 238). Wursten therefore evaluates Marot's religion as being much more theologically nuanced than is generally understood.