Archiv für Juli 2015

Thomas F. Madden, The Concise History of the Crusades . 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. (Previous editions published 1999 and 2006). Pp. x, 242; 14 maps. $29.95. ISBN: 978-1-4422-1574-0.

Book Reviews Peter Lock, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 834-834Abstract

Sandra C. Malicote and A. Richard Hartman, Aiol: A Chanson de geste. Modern Edition and First English Translation. New York: Italica Press, 2014. Pp. xiii, 634; 11 figures. $55. ISBN: 978-1-59910-219-1. Michael A. H. Newth, trans., Heroines of the French Epic: A Second Selection of Chansons de geste . Cambridge, UK, and Rochester, NY: D. S. Brewer, 2014. Pp. 434. $90. ISBN: 978-1-84384-361-0.

Book Reviews Glyn S. Burgess, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 834-836Abstract

Ruth Macrides, J. A. Munitiz, and Dimiter Angelov, Pseudo-Kodinos and the Constantinopolitan Court: Offices and Ceremonies . (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies 15.) Farnham, Surrey, UK, and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013. Pp. xxii, 540; 24 color and black-and-white figures, 1 map, 5 tables. ₤85. ISBN: 978-0-756-6752-0.

Book Reviews Alexander Riehle, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 832-834Abstract

Pamela Long, Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400–1600 . (The Horning Visiting Scholars Series.) Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2011. Paper. Pp. 208. $22.95. ISBN: 978-0-87071-609-6.

Book Reviews Peter Dear, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 830-832Abstract

Annette Lassen, Agneta Ney, and Ármann Jakobsson, eds., The Legendary Sagas: Origins and Development . Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2012. Pp. 455. €45. ISBN: 978-9979-54-968-0.

Book Reviews Alison Finlay, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 829-830Abstract

Emilia Jamroziak, Survival and Success on Medieval Borders: Cistercian Houses in Medieval Scotland and Pomerania from the Twelfth to the Late Fourteenth Century . (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe 24.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2011. Pp. xvi, 215; 5 maps and 2 tables. €95. ISBN: 978-2-503-53307-0.

Book Reviews Anne E. Lester, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 827-829Abstract

David Horspool, Alfred the Great . Stroud, UK: Amberley, 2014. Paper. Pp. 245; 30 color and 10 black-and-white figures. £9.99. ISBN: 978-1-4456-3936-9.

Book Reviews Nicole Guenther Discenza, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 826-827Abstract

Lars M. Hoffmann and Wolfram Brandes, eds., Eine unbekannte Konzilssynopse aus dem Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts . (Forschungen zur byzantinischen Rechtsgeschichte 30.) Frankfurt am Main: Löwenklau-Gesselschaft, 2013. Paper. Pp. 359. €90. ISBN: 978-3-923615-28-5.

Book Reviews Alexander Alexakis, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 824-826Abstract

Annette Hoffmann and Gerhard Wolf, eds., Jerusalem as Narrative Space / Erzählraum Jerusalem . (Visualising the Middle Ages 6.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012. Pp. 608. $252. ISBN: 978-90-04-22625-8.

Book Reviews Carole Hillenbrand, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 822-824Abstract

Konrad Hirschler, The Written Word in the Medieval Arabic Lands: A Social and Cultural History of Reading Practices . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012. Pp. vi, 234; 3 black-and-white figures, 6 tables, and 16 color plates. £70. ISBN: 978-0-7486-4256-4.

Book Reviews Jocelyn Sharlet, Speculum, Volume 90 Issue 03, pp 821-822Abstract