The Journal of Ecclesiastical History articles from January 2002

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History archives from January 2002

Photius before his patriarchate.(patriarch of Constantinople, 9th century)
January 1, 2002... Photius (patriarch of Constantinople 858-67, 877-86) was born c. 813. His father Sergius, a wealthy official, was exiled along with Photius for opposing Iconoclasm, evidently in 833. During this exile, which lasted until 842, Photius read...

Ex-Templars in England.
January 1, 2002... After their trial, Templars in England were in 1311 dispatched singly to religious houses, where they were to observe their vows and do penance. Although there was some opposition from both Templars and monasteries, the payment of pensions...

London parishioners in times of change: St Andrew Hubbard, Eastcheap, c. 1450-1570.
January 1, 2002... If St Andrew Hubbard, Eastcheap, was a fairly typical London parish in the later fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, its archive is unusually good. A reasonable number of its parishioners have surviving wills, which is true for the City's...

The strange death of Lutheran England.
January 1, 2002... A Lutheran settlement was the natural outcome for a politically imposed Reformation such as that, of Henry VIII. Some aspects of his settlement pointed in that direction, and English evangelicalism during his reign leaned more towards...

The financial condition of parish priests in late eighteenth-century Malta.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2002... Parish priests in late eighteenth-century Malta often grumbled about their poverty, but their excuses were generally self-serving and related to the financial demands of their bishop; like incumbents in mainland Europe, they were not in a bad...

A history of terror. Fear and dread through the ages & The devil in early modern England. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... A history of terror. Fear and dread through the ages. By Paul Newman. Pp. xviii + 236 incl. frontispiece + 25 plates. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2000. [pounds sterling]20. 0 7509 2008 4 The devil in early modern England. By Darren...

Jahrbuch fur Antike und Christentum, 43-2000.
January 1, 2002... Jahrbuch fur Antike und Christentum, 43-2000. Edited by Ernst Dassman and others. Pp. 253 + 4 colour plates. Munster Westfalen: Aschendorff, 2000. DM 118. 3 402 08134 2; 0075 2541 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902222563 The...

Christianity. A global history.
January 1, 2002... Christianity. A global history. By David Chidester. Pp. xii + 689 incl. 16 ills. Harmondsworth: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]25. 0 713 99433 9 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S002204690223256X This is a...

A history of the Church in Africa.
January 1, 2002... A history of the Church in Africa. By Bengt Sundkler and Christopher Steed. Pp. xix+ 1232 incl. frontispiece and 8 maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]85. 0 521 58342 X JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

Die Engel und ihr Bild im Mittelalter.
January 1, 2002... Die Engel und ihr Bild im Mittelalter. By Yves Cattin and Philippe Faure. (Zodiaque-Reihe. Visages du Moyen Age, 2.) Pp. 295 incl. 177 black-and-white and colour plates. Regensburg: Schnell and Steiner, 2000. DM 98. 3 7954 1290 0 JEH...

Learning institutionalized. Teaching in the medieval university.
January 1, 2002... Learning institutionalized. Teaching in the medieval university. Edited by John Van Engen. (Notre Dame Conferences in Medieval Studies, 9.) Pp. viii + 279. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000. $40. 0 268 01328 4 This...

Der paradox Eine. Antigonostischer Monarchianismus im zweiten Jahrhundert.
January 1, 2002... Der paradox Eine. Antigonostischer Monarchianismus im zweiten Jahrhundert. By Reinhard M. Hubner (with Markus Vinzent). (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language, 50.) Pp. Xviii + 334....

Subterranean Rome. In search of the roots of Christianity in the catacombs of the Eternal City.
January 1, 2002... Subterranean Rome. In search of the roots of Christianity in the catacombs of the Eternal City. By L. V. Rutgers. Pp. 164 incl. 50 figs. Leuven: Peeters, 2000. B.Fr. 565 (paper). 90 429 08572 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902282561...

Women officeholders in early Christianity. Epigraphical and literary studies & 'Begotten, not made'. Conceiving manhood in late antiquity. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Women officeholders in early Christianity. Epigraphical and literary studies. By Ute E. Eisen (preface Gary Macy). (Trans. by Linda M. Maloney of Amtstragerinnen im fruhen Christentum. Epigraphische und literarische Studien, Gottingen:...

The apocryphal Acts of Andrew.
January 1, 2002... The apocryphal Acts of Andrew. Edited by Jan N. Bremmer. (Studies on the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, 5.) Pp. xiv + 200. Louvain: Peeters, 2000. B.Fr. 1,270 (paper). 90 429 823 8 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902302562 This...

Portraits of spiritual authority. Religious power in early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian orient. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Portraits of spiritual authority. Religious power in early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian orient. Edited by Jan Willem Drijvers and John W. Watt. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 137.) Pp. xiii+ 230. Leiden-Boston-Cologne:...

Constantine and the bishops. The politics of intolerance. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Constantine and the bishops. The politics of intolerance. By H. A. Drake. (Ancient Society of History.) Pp. xx+612. Baltimore-London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]25.50. 0 8018 6218 3 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

The memory of the eyes. Pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The memory of the eyes. Pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity. By Georgia Frank. (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 30.) Pp. xiii + 220. Berkeley--Los Angeles--London: University of California Press, 2000. ...

The early history of greed. The sin of avarice in early medieval thought and culture. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The early history of greed. The sin of avarice in early medieval thought and culture. By Richard Newhauser. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, 41.) Pp. xiv + 248. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]40. 0 521...

Episcopus et plebs. L'eveque et la communaute ecclesiale dans les conciles africains (345-525). (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Episcopus et plebs. L'eveque et la communaute ecclesiale dans les conciles africains (345-525). By Jean-Anatole Sabw Kanyang. (Publications Universitaires E Europeennes. Eruopaische Hochschulschriften. Ser. 23, Theologie, 701.) Pp....

Gregory of Nyssa. Homilies on the Beatitudes. An English version with commentary and supporting studies. Proceedings of the eighth international colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Paderborn, 14-18 September 1998). (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Gregory of Nyssa. Homilies on the Beatitudes. An English version with commentary and supporting studies. Proceedings of the eighth international colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Paderborn, 14-18 September 1998). Edited by Hubertus R. Drobner...

A history of the liturgy of St John Chrysostom, V: The precommunion rites. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... A history of the liturgy of St John Chrysostom, V: The precommunion rites. By Robert F. aft sj. (Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 261.) Pp. 573. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2000. 88 7210 326 6 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

Entmachtung der Zeichen? Augustin uber Sprache. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Entmachtung der Zeichen? Augustin iiber Spracke. By Klaus Kahnert. (Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 29.) Pp. x+ 274. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: Gruner, 1999. Hfi 158 ($79). 90 6032 356 4 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902382563 ...

Augustine and his critics. Essays in honour of Gerald Bonner. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Augustine and his critics. Essays in honour of Gerald Bonner, Edited by Robert Dodaro and George Lawless. Pp. xiii + 274. London--New York: Routledge, 2000. [pounds sterling]55. 0 415 20062 8 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S002204690239256X...

Anglo-Saxon myths. State and Church, 400-1066 & Communities and warfare, 700-1400. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Anglo-Saxon myths. State and Church, 400-1066. By Nicholas Brooks. Pp. xvi + 308 incl. 33 ills. London-Rio Grande: Hambledon Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]40. 1 85285 1546 Communities and warfare, 700-1400. By Nicholas Brooks. Pp. xv +...

The bishop's palace. Architecture and authority in medieval Italy. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The bishop's palace. Architecture and authority in medieval Italy. By Maureen C. Miller. (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past.) Pp. xvii+307 incl. 98 figs. Ithaca-London: Cornell University Press, 2000. $49.95. 0 8014 3535...

Muhammad in Europe. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Muhammad in Europe. By Minou Reeves, biographical contribution P. J. Stewart. Pp. xii + 307. Reading: Garnet Publishing, 2000. [pounds sterling]25. 1 85964 123 7 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902422567 Muhammad in Europe...

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, I: A-K; II: L-Z. Edited by Andre Vauchez (with Barrie Dobson and Michael Lapidge), English translation by Adrian Walford. Pp. xviii + 809 incl. numerous ills and 8 maps + 19 colour plates; iv + 811-1624 incl....

Mariage et sexualite' au moyen age. Accord ou crises? (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Mariage et sexualite' au moyen age. Accord ou crises? Edited by Michel Rouche. (Cultures et Civilisations Medievales, 21.) Pp. 367 incl. 24 figs. + 18 colour plates. Paris: Presses de l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, 2000. Fr. 200. 2 84050...

Celtic theology, Humanity, world and God in early Irish writings and Journeys on the edges. The Celtic tradition. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Celtic theology, Humanity, world and God in early Irish writings. By Thomas O'Loughlin. Pp. xvii+ 235 incl. 9 maps and 4 ills. London-New York: Continuum, 2000. [pounds sterling]45 (cloth), [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper). 0 8264 4870 4; 0...

Nordic religions in the Viking age. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Nordic religions in the Viking age. By Thomas A. DuBois. (The Middle Ages Series.) Pp. x + 271 incl. 5 figs. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]33.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15 (paper). 0 8122 3511 8; 0...

Monasticism in North-Western Europe, 800-1200. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Monasticism in north-western Europe, 800-1200. by Tore Nyberg. Pp. xi + 295 incl. 4 maps and 12 figs. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000. [pounds sterling]49.50. 1 85928 212 1 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902472569 Expectant students of...

Theologische Literatur des Mittelalters in Bulgarien und Serbien 865-1459. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Theologische Literatur des Mittelalters in Bulgarien und Serbien 865-1459. By Gerhard Podskalsky. Pp. x+578. Munich: Beck, 2000. DM 198. 3 406 45024 5 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902482565 In the old East European academies,...

Byzantium's Balkan frontier. A political study of the northern Balkans, 900-1204. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Byzantium's Balkan frontier. A political study of the northern Balkans, 900-1204. By Paul Stephenson. Pp. xii + 353 incl. 21 maps and figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]45. 0521 77017 3 JEH (53) 2002;...

A History of Polish Christianity. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... A history of Polish Christianity. By Jerzy Kloczowski. (Trans. of Dzieje Chrzescijanstwa Polskiego, 2 vols, Paris: Editions du Dialogue, 1987, 1991.) Pp. xxxviii + 385 incl. 10 ills and 15 maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000....

The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The intellectual foundations of the English Benedictine reform. By Mechthild Gretsch. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 25.) Pp. xii + 471. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]50. 0 521 581559 JEH (53)...

De l'Eremitisme rural au monachisme urbain: Les Camaldules en Italie a la fin du moyen age. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... De l'Eremitisme rural au monachisme urbain. Les Camaldules en Italie a la fin du moyen age. By Cecile Caby. (Bibliotheques des Ecoles francaises d'Athenes et de Rome, 350.) Pp vi + 887 incl. 10 maps and 8 plates. Rome: Ecole Francaise de...

Medieval Marriage: Literary Approaches, 1100-1300. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Medieval marriage. Literary approaches, 1100-1300. By Neil Cartlidge. Pp. xii + 250. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1997. [pounds sterling]45. 0 85991 512 3 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.10170/S0022046902532565 The merit of this book is the...

Medieval Church Councils in Scotland. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Medieval church councils in Scotland. By D. E. R. Watt. Pp. xvii+ 185. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000. [pounds sterling]34.95. 0 567 08731 X JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902542561 The medieval Scottish Church was unusual in that it...

Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Gothic tombs of kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. By Anne McGee Morganstern (with an appendix on the heraldry of the Crouchback tomb in Westminster Abbey by John A. Goodall). Pp. xix + 252 incl. 106 ills and 4 colour plates....

The Tombs of the Doges of Venice. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The tombs of the doges of Venice. By Debra Pincus. Pp. xvii+ 257 incl. frontispiece and 126 figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, [pounds sterling]50.0 521 59354 9 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902562564 Venice is...

Salisbury: 1217-1228. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Salisbury. 1217-1228. Edited by B. R. Kemp. (English Episcopal Acta, 19.) Pp. xxvii + 215-490. Oxford: Oxford University Press (for the British Academy), 2000. [pounds sterling]45. 0 19 726199 X This, following his previous volume in the...

Inquisition and Medieval Society. Power, Discipline, and Resistance in Languedoc. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Inquisition and medieval society. Power, discipline, and resistance in Languedoc. By James B. Given. Pp. Xvi + 256 incl. 1 map, 6 figs, 3 tables and 2 plates. Ithaca-London: Cornell University Press, 1997. [pounds sterling]31.50 ($39.95). 0...

Crusade Propaganda and Ideology: Model Sermons for the Preaching of the Cross. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Crusade propaganda and ideology. Model sermons for the preaching of the cross. By Christoph T. Maier. Pp. viii + 280. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]37.50. 0 521 59061 2 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

The Register of Walter Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter: 1258-1280. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The register of Walter Bronescombe, bishop of Exeter, 1258-1280. Vol. I. Edited by O. F. Robinson. (Canterbury and York Society, 82.) Pp. xlv+ 161 Woodbridge: Boydell Press (for the Canterbury & York Society), 1995. [pounds sterling] 25. 0...

Food and the Body. Some Peculiar Questions in High Medieval Theology. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Food and the body. Some peculiar questions in high medieval theology. By Philip Lyndon Reynolds. (Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, 69.) Pp. xv+461. Leiden: Brill, 1999. Nlg 231.39. 9004 11532 3; 0169 8125 JEH...

Words of the Living God: Place and Function of Holy Scripture in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Words of the living God. Place and function of holy Scripture in the theology of St Thomas Aquinas. By Wilhelmus G. B. M. Valkenberg. (Publications of the Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, New Ser. 6.) Pp. viii + 253. Leuven: Peeters, 2000. B.Fr....

New Trends in Feminine Spirituality: The Holy Women of Liege and their Impact. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... New trends in feminine spirituality. The holy women of Liege and their impact. Edited by Juliette Dor, Lesley Johnson and Jocelyn Wogan-Browne. (Medieval Women. Texts and Contexts, 2.) Pp. xiii+350 incl. 2 maps and 7 plates. Turnhout:...

Authority and Community in the Middle Ages. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Authority and community in the Middle Ages. Edited by Donald Mowbray, Rhiannon Purdie and Ian Wei. Pp. xviii + 187 incl. 6 figs. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999. [pounds sterling]55. 0 7509 1867 5. JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

Art, politics, and civic religion in central Italy, 1261-1352: Essays by postgraduate students at the Courtauld Institute of Art. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Art, politics, and civic religion in central Italy, 1261-1352. Essays by postgraduate students at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Edited by Joanna Cannon and Beth Williamson. (Courtauld Research Papers, I.) Pp. ix + 317. Aldershot: Ashgate,...

Faith, Ethics and Church: Writing in England, 1360-1409. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Faith, ethics and Church. Writing in England, 1360-1409. By David Aers. Pp. xii + 153. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000. [pounds sterling]40. 0 85991 561 1 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902662566 The six essays in this volume --...

Piety, Fraternity and Power: Religious Gilds in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1389-1547. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Piety, fraternity and power. Religious gilds in late medieval Yorkshire, 1389-1547. By David J. F. Crouch. Pp. xi+331 incl. 3 maps and 35 figs. Woodbridge: York Medieval Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]55. 0 9529734 4 8 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

The Reformation of the Dead: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany, 1450-1700. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The Reformation of the dead. Death and ritual in early modern Germany, 1450-1700. By Craig M. Koslofsky. (Early Modern History, Society and Culture.) Pp. xiii + 223 incl. 6 figs. Basingstoke: Macmillan/New York: St Martin's, 2000. [pounds...

Europa und die Turken in der Renaissance. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Europa und die Turken in der Renaissance. Edited by Bodo Guthmuller and Wilhelm Kuhlmann. (Fruhe Neuzeit, 54.) Pp. vi + 451 incl. 12 ills. Tubingen: Niemeyer, 2000. DM 288. 3484 365544; 0934 5531 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902692565...

Tra religione e magia. Storia del prete modenese Guglielmo Campana (1460?-1541). (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Tra religione e magia. Storia del prete modenese Guglielmo Campana 1460?-1541). By Matteo Duni. Pp. xi + 352. Florence: Olschki, 1999. L. 72,000 (paper). 88 222 4825 2 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S002204690270256X It has been a while...

Church and Society in County Kildare, c. 1470-1547. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Church and society in county Kildare, C. 1470-1547. By Mary Ann Lyons. (Maynooth Historical Studies.) Pp. 208 incl. 2 maps. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]39.50. 185182 4596 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902712566...

Rendre ses voeux: Les identites pelerines dans l'Europe moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siecle). (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Rendre ses voeux. Les identites pelerines dans l'Europe moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siecle). Edited by Phillippe Boutry, Pierre-Antoine Fabre and Dominique Julia. (Givilisations et Societes, 100.) Pp. 590 incl. 23 figs. Paris: Ecole des Hautes...

The Reformation World. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The Reformation world. Edited by Andrew Pettegree. Pp. xvi+ 576 incl. 69 ills. London-New York: Routledge, 2000. [pounds sterling]120. 0 415 16357 9 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902732569 Although the 1990S produced a wave of...

The Trinity in German Thought. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The Trinity in German thought. By Samuel M. Powell. Pp. vii+280. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 (2000). [pounds sterling]37.50. 0 521 78196 5 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902742565 After a brief introductory...

Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: Tales of Discord and Dissension, Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton: Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern England, and The Hell-Fire Clubs: A History of Anti-Morality. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England. Tales of discord and dissension. By David Cressy. Pp. xi + 351 incl. 18 ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]25. 0 19 820781 6 Radical religion from...

Parliament and the Church: 1529-1960. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Parliament and the Church, 1529-1960. Edited by J. P. Parry and Stephen Taylor. Pp. Viii + 193. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (for the Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust), 2000. [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper). 0 7486 1445 1 JEH...

La Contre-Reforme mathematique. Constitution et diffusion d'une culture mathematique Jesuite a la Renaissance (1540-1640). (Reviews).(La Contre-Reforme mathematique. Constitution et diffusion d'une culture mathematique Jisuite a la Renaissance (1540-1640). )
January 1, 2002... Sciences et religions de Copernic a Galilee (1540-1610). Actes du colloque international organise par l'Ecole francaise de Rome, en collaboration avec l'Ecole nationale des chartes et l'Istituto italiano per gli studi filosofici, avec la...

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The ideological origins of the British empire. By David Armitage (Ideas in Context, 59.) Pp. xi + 245. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]35 (cloth). 0 521 59081 7; 0 521 78978 8 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

Der Passauer Vertrag (1552): Einleitung und Edition. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Der Passauer Vertrag (1552). Einleitung und Edition. By Volker Henning Drecoll. (Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 79.) Pp. xii+382. Berlin-New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000. DM 198. 3 11 016697 6 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

Martin del Rio: Investigations into Magic. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Martin del Rio. Investigations into magic. Edited and translated by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart. (Social and Cultural Values in Early Modern Europe.) Pp. xi + 290. Manchester-New York: Manchester University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]45. 0 7190...

Johann Heinrich Alsted, 1588-1638: Between Renaissance, Reformation, and Universal Reform. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Johann Heinrich Alsted, 1588-1638. Between Renaissance, Reformation, and universal reform. By Howard Hotson. (Oxford Historical Monographs.) Pp. xiv + 271 incl. 5 ills. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]45. 0 19 820828 6 ...

The English Sermon Revised: Religion, Literature and History 1600-1750. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... The English sermon revised. Religion, literature and history 1600-1750. Edited by Lori Anne Ferrell and Peter McCullough. (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain.) Pp. x + 270. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000....

Heart-work: George Herbert and the Protestant Ethic. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Heart-work. George Herbert and the Protestant ethic. By Christina Malcolmson. Pp. xi + 298 incl. frontispiece and five ills. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]27.50. 0 8047 2988 3 JEH (53) 2002; DOI:...

England's Troubles: Seventeenth-Century English Political Instability in European Context. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... England's troubles. Seventeenth-century English political instability in European context. By Jonathan Scott. Pp. xii + 546. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. [pounds sterling](45 (cloth), [pounds sterling]17.95 (paper). 0521 41192...

A Revolutionary Rogue: Henry Marten and the English Republic. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... A revolutionary rogue. Henry Marten and the English republic. By Sarah Barber. Pp. xi + 228. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2000. [pounds sterling]25. 0 7509 2304 0 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902852563 This is a solid...

Restoration, Reformation and Reform, 1660-1828: Archbishops of Canterbury and Their Diocese. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Restoration, Reformation and reform, 1660-1828. Archbishops of Canterbury and their diocese. By Jeremy Gregory. (Oxford Historical Monographs.) Pp. xiii + 355 incl. 5 maps and tables. Oxford: Clarendon, 2000. [pounds sterling]45. 0 19 820830...

Le Catholicisme classique et les peres de l'eglise: Un retour aux sources (1669-1713). (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Le Catholicisme classique et les peres de l'eglise. Un retour aux sources (1669-1713). By Jean-Louis Quantin. (Collection des Etudes Augustiniennes. Serie MoyenAge et Temps modernes, 33.) Pp. 68o. Paris: Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes,...

French Huguenots in English-speaking Lands. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... French Huguenots in English-speaking lands. By Horton Davies and Marie-Heliene Davies. (Studies in Church History, 11.) Pp. x + 147 incl. frontispiece. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. [pounds sterling]15 (paper). 0 8204 4542 8 JEH (53) 2002;...

Ulster-American Religion: Episodes in the History of a Cultural Connection. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Ulster-American religion. Episodes in the history of a cultural connection. By David N. Livingstone and Ronald A. Wells. (The Irish in America.) Pp. X + 201. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1999. $30 (cloth), $15 (paper)....

Zinzendorf und die Herrnhuter Brudergemeine, 1700-2000. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Zinzendorf und die Herrnhuter Brudergemeine, 1700-2000. By Dietrich Meyer. (Kleine Reihe V&R, 4019.) Pp. 176. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000. DM 21.80 (paper). 3 525 34019 2 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902902563 This...

Howell Harris: From Conversion to Separation, 1735-1750. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Howell Harris. From Conversion to separation, 1735-1750. By Geraint Tudur. Pp. xiv+314 incl. frontispiece and map. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]25. 0 7083 1618 2 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S002204690291256X...

Piety and Power in Ireland, 1760-1960: Essays in Honour of Emmet Larkin. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... Piety and power in Ireland, 1760-1960. Essays in honour of Emmet Larkin. Edited by Stewart J. Brown and David W. Miller. Pp. x+304 incl. frontispiece and 6 figs. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast/Notre Dame,...

A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. (Reviews).
January 1, 2002... A dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Edited by John A. Vickers. Pp. X + 338. Peterborough: Epworth Press, 2000. [pounds sterling]30. 0 7162 0534 3 JEH (53) 2002; DOI: 10.1017/S0022046902932562 This book contains so much...

Perceptions of St Patrick in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. (Reviews).
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Messianic Judaism. (Reviews).
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January 1, 2002... 'Eine frdlilicke Zeit der Erweckungfiir viele'. Qyellenstudien zur Erweckungsbewegung in Bern 1818-1831. By Christine Stuber. (Basler und Berner Studien zur historischen und systematischen Theologie, 69.) Bern: Peter Lang, 2000. [pounds...

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