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     

Book reviews

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 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)     

Reviews

Books reviewed: HORST NOWACKI and MATTEO VALLERIANI (eds), Shipbuilding Practice and Ship Design Methods from the Renaissance to the 18th Century—a Workshop Report MARK W. HOLLEY, The Artificial Islets/Crannogs of the Central Inner Hebrides ALEX G. C. HALE, Scottish Marine Crannogs EUAN W. MACKIE, The Roundhouses, Brochs and Wheelhouses of Atlantic Scotland c.700 BC–AD 500. Architecture and Material Culture. Part 1: The Orkney and Shetland Isles YACOUB YOUSEF AL‐HIJJI, VASSILIOS CHRISTIDES and others (eds), Aspects of Arab Seafaring. An Attempt to Fill in the Gaps of Maritime History DIONISIUS A. AGIUS, In the Wake of the Dhow: the Arabian Gulf and Oman ERIK GILBERT, Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar MADELEINE J. DONACHIE, Household Ceramics at Port Royal, Jamaica, 1655–1692 EDWINA BOULT, Christian's Fleet: A Dorset Shipping Tragedy SUSANNE MULLER‐WIERING, Segeltuch und Emballage: Textilien in Mittalterlichen Warentransport auf Nord‐ und Ostsee (English summary and captions) ELENA FLAVIA CASTAGNINO BERLINGHIERI, The Aeolian Islands: Crossroads of Mediterranean Maritime Routes. A Survey of their Maritime Archaeology and Topography from the Prehistoric to the Roman Periods STEFANO BRUNI (ed.), Le Navi Antiche di Pisa: ad un Anno dall’ Inizio delle Ricerche ULRICH SCHAAFF, Münzen der Römischen Kaiserzeit mit Schiffsdarstellungen im Römisch‐Germanischen Zentralmuseum LAWRENCE W. MOTT, Sea Power in the Medieval Mediterranean: the Catalan‐Aragonese Fleet in the War of the Sicilian Vespers OLWYN OWEN, MAGNAR DALLAND, and others, Scar: A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney NICHOLAS TRACY and MARTIN ROBSON (eds), The Age of Sail: The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship, Vol. 2 HEINRICH CLEMENS KONEN, Classis Germanica: Die Römische Rheinflotte im 1–3 Jahrhundert n. Chr. ANDREW PEARSON, The Construction of the Saxon Shore Forts ANDREW PEARSON, The Roman Shore Forts: Coastal Defences of Southern Britain VARIOUS AUTHORS, Bilan Scientifique du Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques et Sous‐Marines 1998, 1999 and 2002 COLIN BREEN and WES FORSYTHE, Boats and Shipwrecks of Ireland UWE SCHNALL, URSULA FELDKAMP, ERIK HOOPS (eds), Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv no. 23 (2000) D. FINAMORE (ed.), Maritime History as World History JOHN D. HARBRON, Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy: the Spanish Experience of Sea Power SCOTT M. FITZPATRICK (ed.), Voyages of Discovery—The Archaeology of Islands LAURENT JACQUES COSTA, Corse Préhistorique: Peuplement d’une Île et Modes de Vie des Sociétes Insulaires BRIAN LAVERY, Nelson's Fleet at Trafalgar     

Archaeology,common rights and the origins of Anglo‐Saxon identity

It is generally accepted that rights over land, especially rights of pasture, played a formative role in establishing the identity of early Anglo‐Saxon ‘folk groups’, the predecessors of the middle Anglo‐Saxon kingdoms. This speculative paper sets early medieval and medieval common rights in the context of the archaeological longue durée of the period before 400 ad . It argues that ancient traditions of common governance, integral to Anglo‐Saxon identity, might have offered an attractive legitimacy to middle Anglo‐Saxon kingdom‐builders. While not seeking to establish any answers, the paper hopes to contribute to a wider research agenda.     

Parties,Gender Quotas and Candidate Selection in France

Almanach des Français, 2 vols (Encyclopaedia Universalis, 1994), 319pp. and 316pp., 544F.

Charmasson T., Lelorrain, A.‐M. and Sonnet, M., Chronologie de l'histoire de France (PUF, 1994), 876pp., 179F., ISBN 2 13 046139 5

Conseil national de la vie associative, Les Associations à l'épreuve de la décen‐ . tralisation: Bilan 1991–1992 (La Documentation Française, 1993), 245pp., 145F., ISBN 2 11 002974 9

Council of Europe, Population: French‐English glossary (Strasbourg, 1994), 500pp., 224F., ISBN 92 871 2506 6

Delporte, C., Histoire du journalisme et des journalistes en France (PUF, 1995), 127pp., 40F., pbk, ‘Que sais‐je?’

Deutschland‐Frankreich. Internationale Beziehungen und gegenseitige Verflechtung. Bine Bibliographie 1983–1990 ‐ France‐Allemagne. Relations internationales et interdépendances bilatérales. Une bibliographie 1983–1990 (Saur, München, 1994), 422pp., 148 DM.

Durant, S., Palais des Machines (Phaidon, 1995), 60pp., £19.95

Forrest, A., The French Revolution (Blackwell, 1995), 191pp., £6.99 pbk, and £25 hbk, ISBN 0 631 18351 5; 0 631 18107 5

Girault, R., and Bossuat, G., eds., Europe brisée, Europe retrouvée (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1994), 431pp., 180F., ISBN 2 85944 255 3

Greenfeld, L., Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity (Harvard University Press, 1992), 581pp., ISBN 0 674 60318 4

Hall, P., Hayward, J. and Machin, H., eds., Developments in French Politics (Macmillan, 1994), 340pp., £12.99, ISBN 0 333 61563 8

Hemtnings, F., The Theatre Industry in Nineteenth‐Century France (Cambridge University Press, 1993), xiv + 319pp., £35, ISBN 0 521 44142 0

Jordi, J.‐J., De l'exode à l'exil: Rapatriés et Pieds‐Noirs en France (L'Harmattan, 1993), 253pp., 140F., ISBN 2 7384 2305 1

Lamoureux, C., La Grande Parade du catch (Presses Universitaires de Mirail, 1993), 368pp., 175F., ISBN 2 85816 207 7

Makward, C., and Miller, J., eds., Plays by French and Francophone Women: A Critical Anthology (University of Michigan Press, 1995), 345pp., £15.20, ISBN 0 472 08258 2

Rebérioux, M., Jaurès, la parole et l'acte (Gallimard, 1994), 160pp., pbk

Schifres, A., Les Hexagons (Laffont, 1994), 494pp., 149F.

Tandem: Franco‐British arts review (Institut français du Royaume‐Uni), to be published three times a year (first issue: January‐August 1995)

Wieviorka, O., and Prochasson, C., eds., La France du XX^e siècle. Documents d'histoire (Seuil, 1994), 745pp., pbk, ISBN 2 02 013224 9     

Book reviews

Books reviewed: Paul, Wapner and Lester Edwin J., Ruiz (eds) Principled world politics: the challenge of normative international relations Kimberly, Hutchings International political theory: rethinking ethics in a global era Daniel, Philpott Revolutions in sovereignty: how ideas shaped modern international relations Harald, Kleinschmidt The nemesis of power: a history of international relations theories Christine, Gray International law and the use of force Christine, Bell Peace agreements and human rights Asbjørn, Eide; Helge Ole, Bergesen and Pia Rudolfson, Goyer (eds) Human rights and the oil industry Dinah, Shelton (ed.) Commitment and compliance: the role of non‐binding norms in the international legal system Fred, Halliday The world at 2000 James P., Sewell (ed.) Multilateralism in multinational perspective: viewpoints from different languages and literatures Rosemary, Foot Rights beyond borders: the global community and the struggle over human rights in China Ivo H., Daalder Getting to Dayton: the making of America's Bosnia policy Robert G., Sutter Chinese policy priorities and their implications for the United States Paul, Rogers Losing control: global security in the twenty‐first century David, Mutimer The weapons state: proliferation and the framing of security T. V., Paul Power versus prudence: why nations forgo nuclear weapons Jerome M., Conley Indo‐Russian military and nuclear cooperation: lessons and options for US policy in South Asia Raju G. C., Thomas and Amit, Gupta (eds) India's nuclear security Marianne, van Leeuwen Crying wolf? Assessing unconventional terrorism Patrick, Mileham and Lee, Willett (eds) Military ethics for the expeditionary era Malcolm, Chalmers Sharing security: the political economy of burdensharing R. E., Utley The French defence debate: consensus and continuity in the Mitterrand era Shaun, Gregory French defence policy into the twenty‐first century Gwyn, Prins and Hylke, Tromp (eds) The future of war Richard, Holmes (ed.) The Oxford companion to military history Marina, Ottaway and Thomas, Carothers (eds) Funding virtue: civil society aid and democracy promotion Ann M., Florini (ed.) The third force: the rise of transnational civil society Robin, Cohen and Shirin M., Rai (eds). Global social movements T. Alexander, Aleinikoff and Douglas, Klusmeyer (eds) From migrants to citizens: membership in a changing world Kjell, Goldmann; Ulf, Hannerz and Charles, Westin (eds) Nationalism and internationalism in the post‐Cold War era L. R., Melvern A people betrayed: the role of the West in Rwanda's genocide Howard, Adelman and Astri, Suhrke (eds) The path of a genocide: the Rwanda crisis from Uganda to Zaire Adamantia, Pollis and Peter, Schwab (eds) Human rights: new perspectives, new realities W. Lance, Bennett and Robert M., Entman (eds) Mediated politics: communication in the future of democracy Thomas C., Lawton; James N., Rosenau and Amy C., Verdun (eds) Strange power: shaping the parameters of international relations and international political economy Kenichi, Ohmae The invisible continent: four strategic imperatives of the new economy Joseph S., Nye and John D., Donahue (eds) Governance in a globalizing world Nancy, Birdsall and Carol, Graham (eds) New markets, new opportunities? Economic and social mobility in a changing world Albert, Fishlow and Karen, Parker (eds) Growing apart: the causes and consequences of global wage inequality Linsu, Kim and Richard R., Nelson (eds) Technology, learning, and innovation: experiences of newly industrializing countries Tim, O'Riordan (ed.) Globalism, localism and identity: fresh perspectives on the transition to sustainability Tim, Jackson; Katie, Begg and Stuart, Parkinson Flexibility in climate policy: making the Kyoto mechanisms work Suke, Wolton Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the politics of race and empire in the Second World War: the loss of white prestige Michael E., Latham Modernization as ideology: American social science and ‘nation building’ in the Kennedy era Frédéric, Bozo (transl. by Susan Emanuel.) Two strategies for Europe: de Gaulle, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance Adrian, Hyde‐Price Germany and European order: enlarging NATO and the EU Lisbeth, Aggestam and Adrian, Hyde‐Price (eds) Security and identity in Europe: exploring the new agenda Christoph, Bluth Germany and the future of European security Robin, Niblett and William, Wallace (eds) Rethinking European order: West European responses, 1989–97 Ann L., Phillips Power and influence after the Cold War: Germany in east‐central Europe Simon, Bulmer; Charlie, Jeffery and William E., Paterson Germany's European diplomacy: shaping the regional milieu Philippe, Schmitter How to democratize the European Union and why bother? Alasdair R., Young and Helen, Wallace Regulatory politics in the enlarging European Union: weighing civic and producer interests C. Randall, Henning and Pier Carlo, Padoan Transatlantic perspectives on the euro Bodo, Hombach The politics of the new centre Christer, Jönsson; Sven, Tägil and Gunnar, Törnqvist Organizing European space Volker, Bornschier (ed.) State‐building in Europe: the revitalization of Western European integration Joanne, van Selm (ed.) Kosovo's refugees in the European Union Michael, Kraus and Allison, Stanger (eds) Irreconcilable differences? Explaining Czechoslovakia's dissolution Andrew C., Janos East‐central Europe in the modern world: the politics of the borderlands from pre‐ to post‐communism Jan Herman, Brinks Children of a new fatherland: Germany's post‐war right‐wing politics Regional surveys of the world: Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia Regional surveys of the world: Central and South‐Eastern Europe Roy, Medvedev (ed. and transl. by George Shriver) Post‐Soviet Russia: a journey through the Yeltsin era Pål, Kølsto Political construction sites: nation‐building in Russia and the post‐Soviet states Marcia A., Weigle Russia's liberal project: state–society relations in the transition from communism Sally N., Cummings Kazakhstan: centre–periphery relations Eugene L., Rogan and Avi, Shlaim (eds) The war for Palestine: rewriting the history of 1948 Bernard, Wasserstein Divided Jerusalem: the struggle for the holy city Jerome M., Segal; Shlomit, Levy; Nadar, Izzat Sa'id and Elihu, Katz Negotiating Jerusalem Shaul, Mishal and Avraham, Sela The Palestinian Hamas: vision, violence and coexistence Nur, Masalha Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: the politics of expansion Suad, Joseph (ed.) Gender and citizenship in the Middle East Rita, Abrahamsen Disciplining democracy: development discourse and good governance in Africa Hussein, Solomon and Ian, Liebenberg (eds) Consolidation of democracy in Africa: a view from the South Alex, Boraine A country unmasked: inside South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tony, Hodges Angola from Afro‐Stalinism to petro‐diamond capitalism Tekeste, Negash and Kjetil, Tronvoll Brothers at war: making sense of the Eritrean–Ethiopian war Xiaobo, LüCadres and corruption: the organizational involution of the Chinese Communist Party Solomon M., Karmel China and the People's Liberation Army: great power or struggling developing state? Han, Sung‐Joo (ed.) Changing values in Asia: their impact on governance and development Kenneth, Christie and Denny, Roy The politics of human rights in East Asia Tat Yan, Kong The politics of economic reform in South Korea: a fragile miracle Larry, Diamond and Byung‐Kook, Kim (eds) Consolidating democracy in South Korea Sunhyuk, Kim The politics of democratization in Korea: the role of civil society Hasan‐Askari, Rizvi Military, state and society in Pakistan Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Frontline diplomacy: the US foreign affairs oral history collection Paul G., Harris (ed.) Climate change and American foreign policy Joaquín, Roy Cuba, the United States, and the Helms‐Burton doctrine: international reactions Leigh A., Payne Uncivil movements: the armed right wing and democracy in Latin America Kevin J., Middlebrook (ed.) Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America Roger, Burbach Globalization and postmodern politics: from Zapatistas to high‐tech robber barons Sidney, Weintraub Development and democracy in the Southern Cone: imperatives for US policy in South America Clint E., Smith Inevitable partnership: understanding Mexico–US relations     

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

Books reviewed: Marcia L. Colish Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition 400–1400 Adriann H. BrederoBernard of Clairvaux: Between Cult and History John Howe Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh‐Century Italy: Dominic of Sora and his Patrons Michael T. Clanchy Abelard: A Medieval Life Vicente Castell Maiques, ed. Proceso Sobre la Ordenación de la Iglesia Valentina, 1238–1246, Vols I and II Ma. Milagros Cárcel Ortí and José Vicente Boscá Codina, eds Visitas Pastorales de Valencia: Siglos XIV–XV Vicent Luïs Simó Santonja, ed. Les Corts Valencianes: 1240–1645 Jan Veenstra: Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France Text and Context of Laurens Pignon’s Contre les devineurs (1411) Marilyn Oliva The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England. Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350–1540 Abraham Friesen Erasmus, the Anabaptists, and the Great Commission Mark W. Konnert Civic Agendas and Religious Passion: Châlons‐sur‐Marne During the French Wars of Religion, 1560–1594 David Coffey Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions: The Mind of Samuel Rutherford Thomas F. Torrance Scottish Theology: From John Knox to John McLeod Campbell Geoffrey R. Treloar Lightfoot the Historian: The Nature and Role of History in the Life and Thought of J. B. Lightfoot (1828–1889) as Churchman and Scholar Jonathan Sarna, ed. Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream Michael Glazer and Thomas J. Shelley, eds The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History Bryan F. Le Beau Jonathan Dickinson and the Formative Years of American Presbyterianism Bret E. Carroll Spiritualism in Antebellum America Joel A. Carpenter Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism James T. Fisher Dr America: The Lives of Thomas A. Dooley, 1927–1961 Timothy E. Fulop and Albert J. Raboteau, eds African‐American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture Tracy Elaine K’Meyer Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South: The Story of Koinonia Farm Dana L. Robert American Women in Mission: A Social History of Their Thought and Practice John Garrett Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II Jamsheed K. Choksy Con?ict and Cooperation: Zoroastrian Sub‐alterns and Muslim Elites in Medieval Iranian Society Dennis Hirota No Abode: The Record of Ippen Angelo Zito Of Body and Brush: Grand Sacri?ce as Text/Performance in Eighteenth‐Century China Liz Wilson Charming Cadavers: Horri?c Con?gurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature Geoffrey A. Oddie (ed.) Religious Traditions in South Asia: Interaction and Change     

‘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     

The 18th international conference on the history of cartography,Athens, July 1999: Report

The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought. By John Block Friedman. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. Original edition, 1981. ISBN 0 8156 2826 9. Pp. xiii, 308, illus. US $29.95 (paper).

A Guide to English Illustrated Books, 1536–1603. By Ruth Samson Luborsky and Elizabeth Morley Ingram. Medieval &; Renaissance Texts &; Studies, vol. 166. Tempe: Arizona State University, 1998. ISBN 0 86698 207 8. Two volumes. Pp. (xxxii), (754), [iv]; (vi), (218), [150], [ii], illus. US $75.00.

The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress: Gerardus Mercator, Atlas sive Cosmographies Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (Duisburg, 1595). Translated from the Latin by David Sullivan, with commentary by Robert W. Karrow, Jr. Oakland, California: Octavo, 2000. ISBN 1 891788 26 4. CD‐ROM (2 discs). US $65.00. [Octavo: ; e‐mail ; Octavo Customer Service, 580 Second Street, Suite 220, Oakland, CA 94607–3543.]

The Travel Diary of Robert Bargrave, Levant Merchant 1647–1656. Edited by Michael G. Brennan. Hakluyt Society Third Series, No. 3. London: The Hakluyt Society, 1999. ISBN 0 904 180 63 8. Pp. xix, 288, illus. STG £45 (doth). [The Hakluyt Society, c/o The Map Library, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, UK.]

California 49: Forty‐nine Maps of California from the Sixteenth Century to the Present. Edited by Warren Heckrotte and Julie Sweetkind. California Map Society Occasional Paper no. 6. San Francisco: California Map Society with the Book Club of California, 1999. ISBN 0 1 888126 01 9. Pp. 128, illus., 7 col. plates, 1 folded map. US $49.00 (doth). [Hinckle and Sons Printing Office, 2567 Fourteenth Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127.]

Mapping Cities. Catalogue and essay by Naomi Miller. Exhibition coordinated by Karen E. Haas. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press for Boston University Art Gallery, 2000. ISBN 1 881450 13 9. Pp. 92, 23 illus., 7 col. plates. US $20.00 (paper).

8. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium Bern, 3.‐5. Oktober 1996. Vorträge und Berichte. Edited by Wolfgang Scharfe in association with the Arbeitskreis ‘Geschichte der Kartographie’ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kartographie und der Arbeitsgruppe D‐A‐CH deutscher, österreichischer und schweizerischer Kartographiehistoriker DGfK‐ÖKK/ ÖGG‐SGK. Murten: Verlag Cartographica Helvetica, 2000. (= Cartographica Helvetica, Sonderheft Nr. 16.) ISSN 1422 3392. Pp. x, 225, illus., col. plates. DM 70.00 / SFR 55.00. [Verlag Cartographica Helvetica, Untere Längmatt 9, CH‐3280 Murten.]

The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images through History. By Bruce Stephenson, Marvin Bolt and Anna Felicity Friedman. Chicago and Cambridge: Alder Planetarium and Astronomy Museum and Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 521 79143 X. Pp. 152, fflus., col. plates. US $29.95 (cloth). [Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605.]

Mikra'ot Gedolot ‘Haketer’: A revised and augmented scientific edition of the Mikra'ot Gedolot Based on the Aleppo Codex and Early Medieval MSS: Ezekiel. Edited by Menachem Cohen. Ramat‐Gan, Israel: Bar‐Han University Press, 2000. ISBN 965 226 230 7. Pp. xvii, 339, illus. NIS 94.80 (cloth). [Bar‐Dan University Press, Ramat‐Gan 52900 Israel].

Diercke—ein Atlas für Generationen: Hintergründe, Geschichte, und bibliographische Daten bis 1955. By Jürgen Espenhorst and Erhard Kumpel. Schwerte, Germany: Pangaea Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3 930401 50 9. Pp. 119, illus., 9 col. plates. DM 39 / Euro 20 (cloth). [Pangaea Verlag, Villigster Str. 32, 58239 Schwerte, Germany.]     

The use and abuse of hostages in later Anglo‐Saxon England

This paper explores the use of hostages in political relations in Anglo‐Saxon England, often between different ethnic groups. Although much of the evidence relates to the ninth century when hostages were used as a means of guaranteeing the peace agreements made between King Alfred and his Viking adversaries, consideration will be given here to the use of hostages in the broader context of the late Anglo‐Saxon period. The paper discusses whether the significance of these arrangements lay in their projection of imperial power or in their practicality as a crude political tool whose effectiveness in maintaining an agreement lay in a tangible threat. Both of these aspects of Anglo‐Saxon hostageship are examined, especially with regard to peacemaking, the extent to which it could be successful, and why.     

French cultural history from theory to practice

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Pour une histoire culturelle (Seuil, 1997), 456 pp., 185F., ISBN 2 02 025470 0

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Histoire culturelle de la France, vol 3, Baecque, A. de and Mélonio, F., Lumières et libertés: les dix‐huitième et dix‐neuvième siècles (Seuil, 1998), 390 pp., 340F., ISBN 2 02 019793 6

Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F. (eds), Histoire culturelle de la France, vol. 4, Rioux, J.‐P. and Sirinelli, J.‐F, Le temps des masses: le vingtième siècle (Seuil, 1998), 404 pp., 340F., ISBN 2 02 013537 X     

Short notices

Bonnafous, A., Plassard, F., and Vulin, B., eds., Circuler Demain (DATAR/Éditions de l'Aube, 1993), 191pp., 95R, ISBN 2 87678 126 3

Dioudonnat, P.‐M., Les 700 rédacteurs de ‘Je suis partout’ 1930–1944 (Sedopolis, 1993), 107pp., 240F., ISBN 2 904177 16 7

Furet, F., Revolutionary France 1770–1880 (Blackwell, 1992), 630pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 631 17029 4

Hainsworth, P., ed., The Extreme Right in Europe and the USA (Pinter, 1992), 320pp., £45.00, ISBN 0 86187 790 X

Macchia, G., L'Ange de la nuit. Sur Proust, trans, from the Italian by Marie‐France Merger, Paul Bédarida and Mario Fusco (Gallimard, 1993), 269pp., 130F., ISBN 2 07 072885 4

McPhee, P., A Social History of France 1780–1880 (Routledge, 1993), 347pp., £12.99 pbk, ISBN 0 415 01616 9

Prost, A., ’Les Anciens Combattants’ and French Society 1914–1939 (Berg, 1992), 152pp., £29.95, ISBN 0 85496 672 2 (hbk), £9.95, ISBN 0 85496 337 5 (pbk)

Service d'Information et de Diffusion du Premier Ministre, La politique de la France, aoÛt 1991‐juillet 1992 (La Documentation française, 1993), 165pp., 70F., ISBN 2 11 002915 3

Teich, M., and Porter, R., eds., The National Question in Europe in Historical Context (CUP, 1993), 343pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 521 36441 8 (hbk), £13.95, ISBN 0 521 36713 1 (pbk)     

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.     

Publications received 1984–1985

José Manuel Sánchez Ron (1997): INTA. 50 años de ciencia y técnica aeroespacial (Madrid: INTA)

Dieter Hoffmann and Kristie Macrakis (eds.), Naturwissenschaft und Technik in der DDR (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1997), pp. 410.

Monika Renneberg and Mark Walker (eds.), Science, Technology and National Socialum (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. 422.

Keith Wailoo, Drawing Blood: Technology and Disease Identity in Twentieth‐Century America, (Baltimore &; London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), xii+288 pp., ill.

Richard H. Grove, Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Islands and the Origins of Environmentalism. 1660–1860 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995 (HB) and 1996 (PB)), pp. xiv+540.

Peter Galison, Image and Logic. A Material Culture of Mkrophysics. (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1997) pp. xxv+955.     

A Note on the Role of Dogs in Anglo‐Saxon Society: Evidence from East Anglia

This paper examines the roles that dogs played in Anglo‐Saxon (420–1066 CE) society in East Anglia, drawing on data from the Late Roman site of Icklingham and the Anglo‐Saxon sites of West Stow, Brandon and Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The archaeological context of these dog finds is described, along with zooarchaeological data on dog sizes, ages at death and paleopathology. The data indicate that Early and Middle Anglo‐Saxon dogs are less varied than Late Roman dogs. Ageing and paleopathological data indicate that the West Stow dogs, in particular, had hard lives. Early and Middle Saxon dogs from East Anglia were relatively large, with an estimated withers height of about 60 cm. They may have served as guard dogs and herding dogs. The West Stow dogs may also have been involved in hunting and fighting. Late Saxon dogs from Ipswich reveal an increasing morphological diversity, suggesting that they played multiple roles in Late Anglo‐Saxon urban sites. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.