The Figure of Descartes

The figure of Descartes is pivotal for DesChene, because his study of his Aristotelians is focused on their discussion with Descartes. It feels, somewhat, that DesChene's book is a glorified appendix, a long summary of the background to the milieu of Descartes thought. This Aristotelian argument doesn't seem to be
interesting to DesChene in and of itself, but only in context of how it influenced Descartes. What would a book about early 17th century Aristotelian thought look like? I would think there would be more than just a handful of Jesuits named, and I think there would be more discussion of other aspects of thought--materialism, the Reformation, experimentalism. The focus of this book, both on the thinkers and on their texts (mostly analysis of De Anima), seems to me to be too narrow.

In any case, Descartes (to me) hovers over this book like a ghost, informing almost all of the commentary.