Book reviews

Books reviewed: Miquel Barceló and François Sigaut (eds), The Making of Feudal Agricultures? P.S. Barnwell and Marco Mostert (eds), Political Assemblies in the Earlier Middle Ages Giselle de Nie, Word, Image and Experience: Dynamics of Miracle and Self‐Perception in Sixth‐Century Gaul Miriam Gill and Jane Hawkes (eds), Images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Medieval Art Sonja Marzinzik, Early Anglo‐Saxon Belt Buckles (Late Fifth to Early Eighth Centuries A.D.): Their Classification and Context     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Bernard S. Bachrach, Early Carolingian Warfare. Prelude to Empire
Warren Brown, Unjust Seizure: Conflict, Interest, and Authority in an Early Medieval Society Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
James McKinnon, The Advent Project. The Later–Seventh–Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper
Richard Newhauser, The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
Walter Pohl, Die Germanen (Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte, vol. 57)
Birgit Sawyer, The Viking–Age Rune–Stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia
Donald Scragg and Carole Weinberg (eds), Literary Appropriations of the Anglo–Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century
Seiichi Suzuki, The Quoit Brooch Style and Anglo–Saxon Settlement: A Casting and Recasting of Cultural Identity Symbols
Steven Vanderputten, En heilig volk is geboren. Opkomst en ondergang van een christelijke staatsideologie uit de vroege Middeleeuwen (c. 750–900)     

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John Carey, King of Mysteries: Early Irish Religious Writings
John Hines, A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches
Lloyd and Jennifer Laing, Early English Art and Architecture
Anna Ritchie (ed), Govan and its Early Medieval Sculpture
P.S. Barnwell, Kings, Courtiers and Imperium: the Barbarian West, 565–725.
Joseph Canning, A History of Medieval Political Thought, 300–1450
Marcia L. Colish, Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 400–1400
A.E. Leont'ev, Arkheologiia meri. K predystorii Severo-Vostochnoi Rusi (The Archaeology of the Merya)
Peter S. Baker and Nicholas Howe (eds), Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson
R. Künzel, The Forgotten Side of the Low Countries' Social History, 7th–13th centuries. Beelden en zelfbeelden van middeleeuwse mensen. Historisch-antropologische studies over groepsculturen in de Nederlanden, 7de–13de eeuw
Emma Cownie, Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England 1066–1135.     

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Books reviewed:
Bernhard Bischoff, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts (mit Ausnahme der wisigotischen). Teil II: Laon–Paderborn
Ross Brann, Power in the Portrayal: Representations of Jews and Muslims in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Islamic Spain
Constance Brittain Bouchard (ed.), The Cartulary of Monitier-en-Der, 666–1129
Martina Giese (ed.), Die Annales Quedlinburgenses
Helena Hamerow and Arthur MacGregor (eds), Image and Power in the Archaeology of Early Medieval Britain. Essays in Honour of Rosemary Cramp
Matthias Hardt, Gold und Herrschaft. Die Schätze europäischer Könige und Fürsten im ersten Jahrtausend
Michael W. Herren and Shirley Ann Brown, Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century
Susan Irvine (ed.), MS E
Michael Kulikowski, Late Roman Spain and its Cities
Leonora Neville, Authority in Byzantine Provincial Society, 950–1100
Aliki Pantos and Sarah Semple (eds), Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe
Victoria Thompson, Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England     

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Boods reviewed:
Gerd Althoff, Inszenierte Herrschaft. Geschichtsschreibung und politisches Handeln im Mittelalter.
R. Bartlett (ed.), Geoffrey of Burton, Life and Miracles of St Modwenna .
Brian Croke, Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle.
Dawn M. Hadley and Julian D. Richards (eds), Cultures in Contact: Scandinavian Settlement in England in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries.
Dominique Iogna-Prat. Translated by Graham Robert Edwards, Order and Exclusion: Cluny and Christendom Face Heresy, Judaism, and Islam (1000–1150).
Ludger Körntgen, Königsherrschaft und Gottes Gnade: Zu Kontext und Funktion sakraler Vorstellungen in Historiographie und Bildzeugnissen der ottonisch-frühsalischen Zeit.
Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200.
Hugh Magennis (ed.), The Old English Life of Saint Mary of Egypt: An Edition of the Old English text with Modern English Parallel-Text Translation.
Lionel Mary and Michel Sot (eds), Le discours d'éloge entre Antiquité et Moyen Age. 'Textes Images et Monuments de I'Antiquité au Haut Moyen Age'. Université Paris X Nanterre CNRS.
Stephen C. McCluskey, Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe.
Clare A. Lees and Gillian R. Overing, Double Agents: Women and Clerical Culture in Anglo-Saxon England.
Walter Pohl. Stuttgart, Die Völkerwanderung: Eroberung und Integration.
Adriaan Verhulst, The Carolingian Economy.
Duncan Wu (ed.), Old and Middle English Poetry.     

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Books reviewed:
Guyda Armstrong and Ian N. Wood, (eds) Christianizing Peoples and Converting Individuals.
Pierre Bonnerue, (ed) Benedict of Aniane. Concordia regularum.
Constance Brittain Bouchard, 'Strong of Body, Brave and Noble': Chivalry and Society in Medieval France.
André Debord, Aristocratie et pouvoir: le rôle du château dans la France médiévale.
H. Conrad-O'Briain, A.M. D'Arcy and J. Scattergood.(eds), Text and Gloss. Studies in Insular Learning and Literature Presented to Joseph Donovan Pheifer.
Richard Gameson and Henrietta Leyser, (eds) Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages. Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting.
Hans-Werner Goetz, Moderne Mediävistik. Stand und Perspektiven der Mittelalterforschung.
Heinrich Götz, Lateinisch-althochdeutsch-neuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch.
Matthew Innes, State and Society in the Early Middle Ages: The Middle Rhine Valley 400–1000.
Bernhard Jussen, Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice: Godparenthood and Adoption in the Early Middle Ages.
Jeremy K. Knight, The End of Antiquity. Archaeology, Society and Religion, AD 235–700.
Richard Reece, The Later Roman Empire. An Archaeology, AD 150–600.
Ellen Swift, The End of the Western Roman Empire. An Archaeological Investigation.
Isabel Moreira, Dreams, Visions and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian Gaul.
J.M.H. Smith, (ed) Early Medieval Rome and the Christian West. Essays in Honour of Donald A. Bullough.
Benedicta Ward, High King Of Heaven: Aspects of Early English Spirituality.
Ann Williams, Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England, c. 500–1066.     

Review article: The dangers of polemic: Is ritual still an interesting topic of historical study?

Philippe Buc, The Dangers of Ritual: Between Early Medieval Texts and Social Scientific Theory.
Gerd Althoff, Spielregeln der Politik im Mittelalter: Kommunikation in Frieden und Fehde.
Frans Theuws and Janet L. Nelson (eds). Rituals of Power from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.
Joëlle Rollo-Koster (ed), Medieval and Early Modern Rituals: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China and Japan.     

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Books reviewed:
Benjamin Arnold, Power and Property in Medieval Germany: Economic and Social Change, c.900–1300
Wendy Davies (ed.), From the Vikings to the Normans
Philippe Depreux and Bruno Judic (eds), Alcuin: De York à Tours: Écriture, pouvoir et réseaux dans l'Éurope du haut moyen âge
Richard Hodges, William Bowden and Kosta Lako (eds), Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys, 1994–99
Laura Napran and Elisabeth van Houts (eds), Exile in The Middle Ages: Selected Proceedings from the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 8–11 July 2002
Catherine E. Karkov, The Ruler Portraits of Anglo-Saxon England
A.H. Merrills (ed.), Vandals, Romans and Berbers: New Perspectives on Late Antique North Africa
Gerhard Schmitz, De presbiteris criminosis. Ein Memorandum Erzbischof Hinkmars von Reims über straffÅllige Kleriker
Kathryn Starkey, Reading the Medieval Book: Word, Image, and Performance in Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Willehalm
Jonathan Wilcox (ed.), Old English Scholarship and Bibliography: Essays in Honor of Carl T. Berkhout     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: David B. Lindenmayer and Jerry F. Franklin, Conserving Forest Biodiversity: a Comprehensive, Multiscaled Approach John Dargavel, Diane Hart and Brenda Libbis (eds), Perfumed Pineries: Environmental History of Australia's Callitris Forests M. Cotter, B. Boyd and J. Gardiner (eds), Heritage Landscapes: Understanding Place and Communities Clem Tisdell (ed.), The Economics of Tourism Arthur J. Conacher (ed.), Land Degradation D.M.J.S. Bowman and S.L. Farrer (eds), Measuring and Imagining: Exploring Centuries of Australian Landscape Change Fiona J. Dyer, Martin C. Thoms and Jon M. Olley (eds), The Structure, Function and Management Implications of Fluvial Sedimentary Systems     

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Books reviewed:
Isabel Alfonso, Hugh Kennedy and Julio Escalona (ed.), Building Legitimacy: Political Discourses and Forms of Legitimation in Medieval Societies.
Gerd Althoff, Die Macht der Rituale: Symbolik und Herrschaft im Mittelalter.
Gerd Althoff, Translated by Christopher Carroll, Family, Friends and Followers: Political and Social Bonds in Early Medieval Europe.
Translated by Prescott N. Dunbar, Graham A. Loud, The History of the Normans by Amatus of Montecassino.
Robert F. Berkhofer III, The Day of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France.
N.J. Higham and D.H. Hill (eds), Edward the Elder 899–924.
Graham Keevil, The Tower of London Moat. Archaeological Excavations 1995–9.
Paul W. Knoll and Frank Schaer, Gesta Principum Polonorum: The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles.
Michael Lapidge (ed.), Interpreters of Early Medieval Britain.
John Naylor, An Archaeology of Trade in Middle Saxon England.
Elizabeth M. Tyler (ed.), Treasure in the Medieval West.
Peter Worm, Karolingische Rekognitionszeichen: Die Kanzlerzeile und ihre graphische Ausgestaltung auf den Herrscherurkunden des achten und neunten Jahrhunderts.     

Review article: Early Medieval Hungary in English

Books reviewed in this article:
Bak, J.M., Bónis, G., and Sweeney, J.R., (eds.) Decreta Regni Mediaevalis Hungariae
Veszprémy, L. and Schaer, F., (eds.) Simonis de Kéza, Gesta Hungarorum
Csernus, S. and Korompay, K., (eds) Les Hongrois et l'Europe: Conquête et Intégration
Kristó, Gyula, Hungarian History in the Ninth Century
Róna-Tas, András, The Hungarians and Early Medieval Europe. An Introduction to Early Medieval Hungarian History.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: John Drane, Introducing the New Testament Alan Kreider (ed.), The Origins of Christendom in the West G. W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar (eds), Interpreting Late Antiquity Essays on the Postclassical World Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau (eds), Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity Conrad Leyser, Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great Yuri Stoyanov, The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy Alain Boureau, The Myth of Pope Joan Euan Cameron, Waldenses: Rejections of Holy Church in Medieval Europe Richard Gameson and Henrietta Leyser (eds), Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr‐Harting Constant J. Mews (ed.), Listen, Daughter the Speculum Virginum and the Formation of Religious Women in the Middle Ages G. R. Evans (ed.), The Medieval Theologians Brad S. Gregory, Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modem Europe Bruce Gordon, The Swiss Reformation Peter Lake, The Boxmaker's Revenge: “Orthodoxy,”“Heterodoxy,” and the Politics of the Parish in Early Stuart London Tim Cooper, Fear and Polemic in Seventeenth‐Century England: Richard Baxter and Antinomianism D. Bruce Hindmarsh, John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction Alister E. McGrath, The Christian Theology Reader Alister E. McGrath, Christian Literature: An Anthology Mark Noll, American Evangelical Christianity: An Introduction Charles Sowerwine, France since 1870: Culture, Politics and Society Stewart J. Brown, The National Churches of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 1801–46 Catherine L. Albanese, American Spiritualities: A Reader Leigh Eric Schmidt, Holy Fairs: Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism Ian Crawford: We Won the Victory. Aborigines and Outsiders on the North‐West Coast of the Kimberley David Jobling, Tina Pippin, and Ronald Schleiffer (eds), The Postmodern Bible Reader John D. Caputo, On Religion Mikael Rothstein (ed.), New Age Religion and Globalization Slavoj Zizek, On Belief     

Reviews

E. F. O sborn : Ethical Patterns in Early Christian Thought.
B. K. L ackner and K. R. P hilp (eds): Essays on Medieval Civilization.
E mile M ale : Religious Art in France, The Twelfth Century: A Study of Medieval Iconography.
E rwin P anofsky (ed.): Abbot Suger, On the Abbey Church of St Denis and its Art Treasures.
N icholas T emperley : The Music of the English Parish Church.
F rederick V. M ills S r : Bishops by Ballot: An Eighteenth Century Ecclesiastical Revolution.
R obert W. S trayer : The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa: Anglicans and Africans in Colonial Kenya.
M argaret M. P ress : Julian Tenison Woods.
M ichael M c K ernan : Australian Churches at War: Attitudes and Activities of the Major Churches, 1914–1918.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this articles:
I rving M. Z eitlin : Ancient Judaism: Biblical Criticism from Max Weber to the Present.
C. H. B erman : Medieval Agriculture, the Southern French Countryside, and the Early Cistercians: A Study of Forty-three Monasteries.
E lisja S chulte van K essel (ed.): Women and Men in Spiritual Culture, XIV-XVII Centuries: A Meeting of South and North.
M anfred W elti : Breve Storia delta Riforma Italiana, trans, by Armido Rizzi.
A. G. D ickens and J ohn M. T onkin with K enneth P owell : The Reformation in Historical Thought. Cambridge, Mass.
O dile M artin : La Conversion Protestante à Lyon (1659-1687).
E dward B erenson : Populist Religion and Left-wing Politics in France, 1830-1852: Princeton
N. K eith C lifford : The Resistance to Church Union in Canada, 1904-1939.
G ilmer W. B lackburn : Education in the Third Reich: A Study of Race and History in Nazi Textbooks.
H ilary R ubinstein , Chosen: The Jews in Australia.     

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Helen Geake, The Use of Grave-Goods in Conversion-Period England, c. 600–c.850
Doris Edel (ed), Cultural Identity and Cultural Integration: Ireland and Europe in the Early Middle Ages
Della Hooke, The Landscape of Anglo-Saxon England
Heinrich Götz, Deutsch und Latein bei Notker, Ergänzungen zum Notker-Glossar von E.H. Sehrt
Mary Clayton, The Apocryphal Gospels of Mary in Anglo-Saxon England
Paul Edward Dutton (ed)(trans), Charlemagne's Courtier. The Complete Einhard
Richard Hodges and William Bowden (eds), The Sixth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand
Walter Pohl (ed), Kingdoms of the Empire. The Integration of Barbarians in Late Antiquity
Huw Pryce (ed), Literacy in Medieval Celtic Societies     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: Arnold Hermann , To Think Like God: Pythagoras and Parmenides: The Origins of Philosophy. G. R. Evans (ed.), The First Christian Theologians. An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church. Elizabeth A. Castelli , Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making (Gender, Theory, and Religion). Frederick B. Davis , The Jew and Deicide: The Origin of an Archetype. Lucetta Scaraffia and Gabriella Zarri (eds), Women and Faith. Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present. Anthony Kenny , A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume Two: Medieval Philo‐sophy. Joshua Trachtenberg , Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion. Charles Christopher Mierow , trans., Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa. Dianne Hall , Women and the Church in Medieval Ireland, c. 1140–1540. Matthew Levering , Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology. Maribel Fierro (ed.), Judíos y Musulmanes en al‐Andalus y el Magreb Contactos Intelectuales. Alessandro Barbero , Charlemagne: Father of a Continent. Anne Winston ‐Allen , Convent Chronicles: Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle Ages. Theresa Coletti , Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints: Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England. Anneke B. Mulder ‐Bakker , Lives of the Anchoresses. The Rise of the Urban Recluse in Medieval Europe. Virginia Nixon , Mary's Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Europe. Eamon Duffy , Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village. Robert Frykenberg (ed.) and Alain Low , assoc. (ed.), Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross‐Cultural Communication since 1500. Alister E. McGrath , The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation, 2d ed. Matt Goldish , The Sabbatean Prophets. Bernard Joassart , Érudition hagiographique au XVIIIe siècle. Jean Lebeuf et les Bollandistes. Correspondence. Presentation, édition et commentaire par Bernard Joassart. Michiel Wielema , The March of the Libertines. Spinozists and the Dutch Reformed Church (1660–1750). William Gibson , Enlightenment Prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676–1761. Paul E. Kerry , Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: A Contribution to the History of Ideas. John Harvey (ed.). Edmund Jones, The Appearance of Evil: Apparitions of Spirits in Wales. Roger Lee Brown (ed.), The Letters of Edward Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff, 1828–1849. R. Tudor Jones , Congregationalism in Wales. R. Tudor Jones , Faith and the Crisis of a Nation: Wales 1890–1914. Raymond Brady Williams , Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration. Lawrence Rigel and Rosita Rosenberg , Liberal Judaism: The First Hundred Years. Daniel Carey (ed.), Asian Travel in the Renaissance. Maria Hsia Chang , Falun Gong: The End of Days. Heinz Halm , Shi ‘ism. Adrian Hastings , Alistair Mason , and Hugh Pyper (eds), Christian Thought: A Brief History. Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics. Alister E. McGrath , Theology: The Basics. Margaret Miles , The Word Made Flesh. A History of Christian Thought. Gareth Jones (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. Jack Goody , Islam in Europe. Robert Haight , Christian Community in History: Vol. 1, Historical Ecclesiology. Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism. John Marston and Elizabeth Guthrie (eds), History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia. Jorgen Nielson , Muslims in Western Europe. John David Dawson , Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity. Nils Holger Petersen , Mette Birkedal Bruun , Jeremy Llewellyn , and Eyolf Østrem (eds), The Appearances of Medieval Rituals: The Play of Construction and Modification.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this articles: Irving M. Zeitlin : Ancient Judaism: Biblical Criticism from Max Weber to the Present. C. H. Berman : Medieval Agriculture, the Southern French Countryside, and the Early Cistercians: A Study of Forty-three Monasteries. Elisja Schulte van Kessel (ed.): Women and Men in Spiritual Culture, XIV-XVII Centuries: A Meeting of South and North. Manfred Welti : Breve Storia delta Riforma Italiana, trans, by Armido Rizzi. A. G. Dickens and John M. Tonkin with Kenneth Powell : The Reformation in Historical Thought. Cambridge, Mass. Odile Martin : La Conversion Protestante à Lyon (1659-1687). Edward Berenson : Populist Religion and Left-wing Politics in France, 1830-1852: Princeton N. Keith Clifford : The Resistance to Church Union in Canada, 1904-1939. Gilmer W. Blackburn : Education in the Third Reich: A Study of Race and History in Nazi Textbooks. Hilary Rubinstein , Chosen: The Jews in Australia.     

Review article: What’s new in early medieval burial archaeology?

Books reviewed in this article:
John Hines, Karen Høilund Nielsen and Frank Siegmund (eds), The Pace of Change. Studies in Early–Medieval Chronology.
Catherine E. Karkov, Kelley M. Wickham–Crowley and Bailey K. Young (eds), Spaces of the Living and the Dead: An Archaeological Dialogue.
Sam Lucy, The Early Anglo–Saxon Cemeteries of East Yorkshire. An Analysis and Reinterpretation.
Elizabeth O'Brien, Post–Roman Britain to Anglo–Saxon England: Burial Practices Reviewed.
Nick Stoodley, The Spindle and the Spear. A Critical Enquiry into the Construction and Meaning of Gender in the Early Anglo–Saxon Burial Rite.