Book reviews

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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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     

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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.     

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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     

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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.     

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Books Reviewed:
Adam S. Cohen, The Uta Codex: Art, Philosophy, and Reform in Eleventh–Century Germany.
Georges Declercq, Anno Domini: The Origins of the Christian Era.
W.O. Frazer and A. Tyrrell (eds), Social Identity in Early Medieval Britain.
Timothy Graham (ed), The Recovery of Old English: Anglo–Saxon Studies in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
Guy Halsall (ed), Violence and Society in the Early Medieval West.
M. Kazanski, A. Nercessian and C. Zuckerman (eds), Les centres proto–urbains russes entre Scandinavie, Byzance et Orient.
Conrad Leyser, Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great.
Maureen C. Miller, The Bishop's Palace: Architecture and Authority in Medieval Italy.
D. Fairchild Ruggles, Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain.
Guðrún Nordal, Tools of Literacy. The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
I.S. Robinson, Henry IV of Germany, 1056–1106.     

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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.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
'Observations, Rules and Orders of the House of Commons': An Early Procedural Collection. Edited by W. R. McKay.
Clerks in the House of Commons 1363–1989: A Biographical List. By W. R. McKay.
English Politics in the Thirteenth Century. By Michael Prestwich.
The Governance of Late Medieval England, 1272–1461. By A. L. Brown.
Mary Tudor: A Life. By David Loades.
Elizabeth I. By Christopher Haigh.
The Writings of William Walwyn. Edited by Jack R. McMichael and Barbara Taft.
The Cavalier Parliament and the Reconstruction of the Old Regime, 1661–1667. By Paul Seaward.
Letters of George Lockhart of Carnwath, 1698–1732 . Edited by Daniel Szechi.
An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750. By George R. Boyer.
Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860–1919. Edited by Roy MacLeod.
Katharine Atholl 1874–1960: Against the Tide . By S. J. Hetherington.
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy. By David Cannadine.     

Book reviews

François Bougard, La justice dans le royaume d'Italie de la fin du VIIIe siècle au débutdu XIe siècle.
Michelle P. Brown and Carol A. Farr (eds), Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe.
Philippe Depreux, Prosopographie de l'entourage de Louis le Pieux (781–840).
Gunnar Karlsson, Iceland's 1100 Years. The History of a Marginal Society.
Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200.
Ralph W. Mathisen (ed), Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity.
Marco Mostert, 754: Bonifatius bij Dokkum vermoord.
Isabelle Réal, Vies des saints, vie de famille. Représentation et système de laparenté dans le Royaume mérovingien (481-751) d'après les sourceshagiographiques.
Translated and introduced by Hans van Rij, Alpertus van Metz, Gebeurtenissen van deze tijd. Een fragment over bisschop Diederik I van Metz. De mirakelen van de heilige Walburga in Tiel.
Adriaan Verhulst, The Carolingian Economy.
Ian W. Walker, Mercia and the Making of England.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Cristina La Rocca (ed.), Italy in the Early Middle Ages 476–1000 Mary Dockray‐Miller, Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo‐Saxon England Samantha J. E. Riches and Sarah Salih (eds), Gender and Holiness: Men, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe Anthony Goodman, Margery Kempe and her World Bettine Birge, Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yüan China 960–1368 David Kuchta, The Three‐Piece Suit and Modern Masculinity: England, 1550–1850 Harry Cocks, Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century Wendy Rosslyn (ed.), Women and Gender in 18th‐Century Russia Irina Paert, Old Believers, Religious Dissent and Gender in Russia, 1760–1850 Shirley Wilson Logan, ‘We Are Coming’: The Persuasive Discourse of Nineteenth‐Century Black Women Adele Perry, On the Edge of Empire. Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia 1849–1871 Myra Rutherdale, Women and the White Man's God. Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field Maina Chawla Singh, Gender, Religion and ‘Heathen Lands’: American Missionary Women in South Asia (1860s–1940s)     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed: John Barton (ed.), The Biblical World. Stephen Hunt (ed.), Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco. Gervase of Tilbury , Otia Imperialia: Recreation for an Emperor. Rachel Fulton , From Judgement to Passion. Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800–1200. Malcolm Lambert , Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation. Carter Lindberg (ed.), The Reformation Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Modern Period. Helen Parish and William G. Naphy (eds), Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe. Peter Matheson , The Imaginative World of the Reformation. Bernard Joassart , Monseigneur Duchesne et les Bollandistes. Correspondence. Bernard Joassart , Friedrich von Hügel, Cuthbert Hamilton Turner et les Bollandistes. Correspondence. Iain M. Mackenzie , God's Order and Natural Law: The Work of the Laudian Divines. Stephan Greenblatt , Hamlet in Purgatory. Hanne Sanders (ed.), Between God and the Devil, Religious and Magical World‐Views in the Nordic Countries 1500–1800. John K. Nelson : A Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and Parishoners in Anglican, Virginia, 1690–1776. John Allen Macaulay , Unitarianism in the Antebellum South: The Other Invisible Institution. Loretta M. Long , The Life of Selina Campbell: A Fellow Soldier in the Cause of Restoration. Linda C. Raeder , John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity. Ralph Waller , John Wesley: A Personal Portrait.. Richard P. Heitzenrater , The Elusive Mr. Wesley. Michael Goldsmith and Doug Munro ,The Accidental Missionary. Tales of Elekana. Allan K. Davidson (ed.), Tongan Anglicans 1902–2002. From the Church of England Mission in Tonga to the Tongan Anglican Church. Lynne Hume : Ancestral Power: The Dreaming, Consciousness and Aboriginal Australians. Heather McDonald , Blood, Bones and Spirit: Aboriginal Christianity in an East Kimberley Town.     

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Barlow, Frank, (ed) The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens Benericetti, Ruggero, Il Cristo nei Sermoni di S. Pier Crisologo Blackburn, Mark A.S. and Dumville, David N., (eds.) Kings, Currency and Alliances: History of Coinage of Southern England in the Ninth Century Bolòs, Jordi and Hurtado, Victor, Atles del Comtat de Besalú (785–988) Bolòs, Jordi and Busqueta, Joan J., (eds) Territori i Societat a l'Edat Mitjana. Història, Arqueologia, Documentació II: Almenar, 1147–1997, 850 anys de la Carta de Poblament Borge, Ignacio Álvarez, Comunidades locales y transformaciones sociales en la Alta Edad Media. Hampshire (Wessex) y el sur de Castilla, un estudio comparativo Borgolte, Michael, Sozialgeschichte des Mittelalters. Eine Bilanz nach der deutschen Einheit Brubaker, Leslie, Vision and Meaning in Ninth‐century Byzantium: Image as Exegesis in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus Carver, Martin, Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings? Clanchy, M.T., Abelard: a Medieval Life Davis, R.H.C. and Chibnall, Marjorie, (eds) The Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers Dodwell, C.R., Anglo‐Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage Everson, Paul, and Stocker, David, Corpus of Anglo‐Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume 5: Lincolnshire Freedman, Paul, Images of the Medieval Peasant Goetz, H.‐W. and Sauerwein, F. (eds) Volkskultur und Elitenkultur im frühen Mittelater: das Beispiel der Heiligenviten Guido, Margaret, The Glass Beads of Anglo‐Saxon England c. AD 400–700 Hawkes, Jane and Mills, Susan,(eds) Northumbria's Golden Age Hill, Joyce and Swan, Mary, (eds) The Community, the Family and the Saint: Patterns of Power in Early Medieval Europe Hooke, Della, Warwickshire Anglo‐Saxon Charter‐Bounds Howe, John, Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh‐century Italy: Dominic of Sora and his Patrons Jestice, Phyllis G., Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century McGrail, Seán, Ancient Boats in North‐West Europe. The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500 Magennis, Hugh, Anglo‐Saxon Appetites. Food and Drink and their Consumption in Old English and Related Literature Müller‐Wille, Michael, (ed) Rom und Byzanz im Norden. Mission und Glaubenswechsel im Ostseeraum während des 8.–14. Jahrhunderts, Band II, Internationale Fachkonferenz der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Verbindung mit der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Kiel, 18.–25. September 1994 Neville, Jennifer, Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry Pörnbacher, Mechthild, (ed.) Walahfrid Strabo Zwei Legenden Potter, T.W., and King, A.C., Excavations at the Mola di Monte Gelato Saenger, Paul, Space between Words: the Origins of Silent Reading Schneidmüller, Bernd and Weinfurter, Stefan, (eds.) Otto III. Heinrich II. Eine Wende? Toswell,M.J., and Tyler, E.M., (eds.) Studies in English Language and Literature. ‘Doubt wisely’: Papers iin Honour of E.G. Stanley Van Houts, Elisabeth, Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900–1200 Van Houts, Elisabeth M.C., (ed) The Gesta Normannorum ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, Volume II, Books V–VIII Wright, Roger, Early Ibero‐Romance     

BOOK REVIEWS

Joan M. Gero and Margaret W. Conkey (eds), Engendering Archaeology W. J. Shells and Diana Wood (eds), Women in the Church Penelope D. Johnson, Equal in Monastic Profession, Religious Women in Medieval France Sally Thompson, Women Religious Margaret MacCurtain and Mary O'Dowd (eds), Women in Early Modem Ireland 1500–1800 Lawrence Stone, Road to Divorce: England 1530–1987 Robert B. Shoemaker, Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c. 1660–1725 Marina Benjamin (ed.), Science and Sensibility, Gender and Scientific Enquiry 1780–1945 Sian Reynolds, Britannica's Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian Edinburgh Eleanor Gordon and Esther Breitenbach (eds), The World is III Divided: Women's Work in Scotland in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Leah Leneman, A Guid Cause. The Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland Angela V. John (ed.), Our Mothers’Land. Chapters in Welsh Women's History 1830–1939 Harold L. Smith (ed.), British Feminism in the Twentieth Century June E. Hahner, Emancipating the Female Sex: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Brazil, 1850–1940 Jane S. Jaquette (ed.), The Women's Movement in Latin America: Feminism and the Transition to Democracy Susan Glenn, Daughters of the Shtetl. Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation David Tyack and Elizabeth Hansot, Learning Together: A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools Lynn D. Gordon, Gender and Higher Education in the Progressive Era Ileen A. DeVault, Sons and Daughters of Labor: Class and Clerical Work in Turn-of-the-Century Pittsburgh Lisa M. Fine, The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago, 1870–1930 Stephen H. Norwood, Labor's Flaming Youth: Telephone Operators and Worker Militancy, 1878–1923 Nancy F. Cott (ed.), A Woman Making History. Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters Jackie Byars, All That Hollywood Allows. Re-reading Gender Melodrama     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Hildegard Adam, Das Zollwesen im fränkischen Reich und das spätkarolingische Wirtschaftsleben.
Antti Arjava, Women and Law in Late Antiquity.
George Broderick, Placenames of the Isle of Man, Volume Three, Sheading of Ayre (Kirk Andreas, Kirk Bride and Kirk Christ Lezayre).
Sandra Bruni (ed), Alcuino: De Orthographia.
Ursula Dronke (ed), The Poetic Edda, Volume II: Mythological Poetry.
Rosamond Faith, The English Peasantry and the Growth of Lordship.
Scott Gwara (ed), Anglo-Saxon Conversations: The Colloquies of Ælfric Bata.
John Hines (ed), The Anglo-Saxons from the Migration Period to the Eighth Century. An Ethnographic Perspective.
Eric John, Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England.
A. Nørgård Jørgensen and Birthe L. Clausen, Military Aspects of Scandianavian Society in a European Perspective, AD 1–1300. PNM Studies in Archaeology and History, no. 2.
Vivien Law, Grammar and Grammarians in the Early Middle Ages.
Brian Murdoch, The Germanic Hero: Politics and Pragmatism in Early Medieval Poetry.
Richard North, Heathen Gods in Old English Literature.
Cassandra Potts, Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy.
Przemyslaw Urbanczyk (ed), Origins of Central Europe.
Jonathan M. Wooding, Communications and Commerce along the Western Sealanes AD 400–800
K.R. Dark (ed), External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman and Post-Roman Britain.     

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.     

Futures for Feminist Histories

Books reviewed in this article: Gerda Lerner, Why History Matters: Life and Thought Barbara Laslett, Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres, Mary Jo Maynes, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Jeanne Barker-Nunn (eds), History and Theory: Feminist Research, Debates, Contestations Joan Wallach Scott (ed.), Feminism and History     

‘It’s a man’s world’: Recent Studies of Male Representation of the Female in the Middle Ages

Blamires, Alcuin (ed.) Woman Defamed and Woman Defended. An Anthology of Medieval Texts Baldwin, John W. The Language of Sex: Five Voices from Northern France around 1200 Kay, Sarah and Rubin, Miri (eds) Framing Medieval Bodies Lomperis, Linda and Stanbury, Sarah (eds) Feminist Approaches to the Body in Medieval Literature Burns, E. Jane Bodytalk: When Women Speak in Old French Literature Krueger, Roberta L. Women Readers and the Ideology of Gender in Old French Verse Romance Cazelles, Brigitte The Lady as Saint: A Collection of French Hagiographic Romances of the Thirteenth Century Meale, Carol M. (ed.) Women and Literature in Britain, 1150–1500 Cherewatuk, Karen and Wiethaus, Ulrike (eds) Dear Sister: Medieval Women and the Epistology Genre