Archiv für September 2013

Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500–700 . (Oxford History of Medieval Europe.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xi, 248; black-and-white figures. $65. ISBN: 9780199261260.

Book Reviews Michael Maas, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 845-847Abstract

Nicolai Rubinstein, Studies in Italian History in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance , 2: Politics, Diplomacy, and the Constitution in Florence and Italy. Ed. Giovanni Ciappelli. (Storia e Letteratura: Raccolta di Studi e Testi 272.) Rome: Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2011. Paper. Pp. viii, 458. €68. ISBN: 9788863723229.

Book Reviews Robert Fredona, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 844-845Abstract

Jay Rubenstein, Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse . New York: Basic Books, 2011. Pp. xiv, 402; 8 color plates, 6 black-and-white figures, and maps. $29.99. ISBN: 9780465019298.

Book Reviews Paul E. Chevedden, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 842-844Abstract

Marie-Hélène Rousseau, Saving the Souls of Medieval London: Perpetual Chantries at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1200–1548 . Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2011. Pp. xiv, 242; 3 black-and-white figures. $124.95. ISBN: 9781409405818.

Book Reviews F. Donald Logan, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 841-842Abstract

Brent A. Pitts, ed., Estoire de l’evangile (Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral, Ms. C6.1.1) . (Medium Aevum Monographs 28.) Oxford: Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, 2011. Pp. 131. $45. ISBN: 9780907570219.

Book Reviews Maureen Boulton, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 840-841Abstract

Lucy Perry and Alexander Schwarz, eds., Behaving Like Fools: Voice, Gesture, and Laughter in Texts, Manuscripts, and Early Books . Turnhout: Brepols, 2010. Pp. xii, 301; 28 black-and-white figures. €80. ISBN: 9782503531571.

Book Reviews Andrew Taylor, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 838-839Abstract

Elisabeth Okasha, Women’s Names in Old English . (Studies in Early Medieval Britain.) Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2011. Pp. xiii, 136. £55. ISBN: 9781409400103.

Book Reviews Rhonda L. McDaniel, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 837-838Abstract

Rory Naismith, Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: The Southern English Kingdoms, 757–865 . (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser., 80.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii, 351; black-and-white figures. $99. ISBN: 9781107006621.

Book Reviews Simon Coupland, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 835-836Abstract

Isabel Moreira, Heaven’s Purge: Purgatory in Late Antiquity . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. x, 310. $65. ISBN: 9780199736041.

Book Reviews John J. Contreni, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 834-835Abstract

Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Poor Relief in England: 1350–1600 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xiii, 351. $99. ISBN: 9781107015081.

Book Reviews Katherine L. French, Speculum, Volume 88 Issue 03, pp 832-834Abstract