The Journal of Ecclesiastical History articles from October 2000

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History archives from October 2000

The Conclusion of Christina of Markyate's Vita.
October 1, 2000... The Vita of Christina of Markyate has been celebrated as 'perhaps the twelfth century's most effective and revealing personal history of a woman'. [1] Indeed, the Vita's account of Christina's early career is vivid and remarkably detailed:...

Elizabeth I's Religion. The Evidence of Her Letters.
October 1, 2000... Scholars have tended to ignore Elizabeth's letters as a potential source for evidence of her religious beliefs, and have turned elsewhere to find a 'window into her soul'. [1] A few fixed on her personal Book of devotions as the most valuable...

Communion and Community: Exclusion from Communion in Post-Reformation England.
October 1, 2000... On Whit Sunday 1569, after evening service, William and Geoffrey Soden went to see their vicar. They expected a difficult encounter, and took along three of their neighbours of Swalcliffe near Banbury for moral support. The Sodens had been...

Visiting 'Peter in Chains': French Pilgrimage to Rome, 1873-93.
October 1, 2000... Inscribed on the wall of the expiatory Basilica of Sacre Coeur, [1] at Montmartre, the 1873 'national vow' of France interprets the nation's recent misfortunes as divine chastisement of an errant and irreligious people. Since it was Napoleon...

'Peace, Peace and Rumours of War'.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Nationaler Protestantismus und Okumenische Bewegung. Kirchliches Handeln im Kalten Krieg (1945-1990). By Gerhard Besier, Armin Boyens and Gerhard Lindemann (postscript by Horst-Klaus Hofmann). (Zeitgeschichtliche Forschungen, 3.) Pp. Vi +...

Theologische Realenzyklopadie, XXX.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Theologische Realenzyklopadie, XXX: Samuel -- Seele. Edited by Gerhard Muller. Pp. v + 816. Berlin--New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1999. DM 394. 3 11 002218 4; 3 11 016243 1. Here the longest article, more than 100 pages, is on creation...

Princeps christianus und Kaiser aller Romer.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Princeps christianus und Kaiser aller Romer. Theodosius der Grosse im Lichte zeitgenossischer Quellen. By Jorg Ernesti. (Paderborner Theologische Studien, 25). Pp. 507 incl. 9 ills. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schoningh, 1998. DM 98. 3 506 76275 3...

Histoire du christianisme, III: Les Eglises d'orient et d'occident (432-610).(Review)
October 1, 2000... Histoire du christianisme, III: Les Eglises d'orient et d'occident (432-610). By Luce Pietri. Pp. 1321 incl. 18 ills. Paris: Desclee, 1998, Fr. 495. 2 7189 0633 2 This third volume in the comprehensive Histoire du Christianisme planned to...

Early Christians and animals.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Early Christians and animals. By Robert M. Grant. Pp. ix + 214 incl. 22 plates. London-New York: Routledge, 1999. [pound]45. 0 415 29294 3 Unfortunately, this book fails to live up to the blurb's claim that it provides 'a comprehensive...

Pilgrimage and holy space in late antique Egypt.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Pilgrimage and holy space in late antique Egypt. Edited by David Frankfurter. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 134.) Pp. xiv+517 incl. frontispiece and 4 maps +4 diagrams and 7 plates. Leiden--Boston--Cologne: Brill, 1998. Nlg 276. 90 04...

Nec timeo mori. Atti del congresso internazionale di studi ambrosiani nel XVI centenario della morte di sant' Ambrogio.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Nec timeo mori. Atti del congresso internazionale di studi ambrosiani nel XVI centenario della morte di sant' Ambrogio. Milano, 4-11 Aprile 1997. Edited by Luigi F. Pizzolato and Marco Rizzi. (Studia Patristic Mediolanensia, 21.) Pp. xviii +...

Christians in Asia before 1500.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Christians in Asia before 1500. By Ian Gillman and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit. Pp. xiv + 391 incl. 9 maps + 36 plates. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999. [pound]50. 0 7007 1022 1 The aim of this book is to highlight the diversity, richness...

Muslim Spain and Portugal. A political history of al-Andalus.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Muslim Spain and Portugal. A political history of al-Andalus. By Hugh Kennedy. Pp. Xvi + 342 incl. 2 maps. London: Longman, 1996. [pound]44. 0 582 29968 3; 0582 49515 6 This book comes in eleven chapters with a 'Farewell to al-Andalus'...

The Armenian commentary on Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The Armenian commentary on Genesis attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. 2 vols. Edited by Edward G. Mathews, Jr. (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 572, 573. Scriptores Armeniaci, 23, 24.) Pp. xv+216; lii+193. Louvain: Peeters, 1998....

Empire and order. The concept of empire, 800-1800.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Empire and order. The concept of empire, 800-1800. By James Muldoon. (Studies in Modern History.) Pp. Viii + 209. Basingstoke-London: Macmillan/New York: St Martin's Press, 1999. [pound]42.50. 0 333 65013 1; 0 312 22226 2 In this book...

The life of Saint Wilfrid by Edmer.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Vita Sancti Wilfridi auctore Edmero. The life of Saint Wilfrid by Edmer. Edited by Bernard J. Muir and Andrew J. Turner. (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies.) Pp. lxxxv + 293 incl. colour frontispiece. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1998....

Holy Russia and Christian Europe. East and west in the religious ideology of Russia.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Holy Russia and Christian Europe. East and west in the religious ideology of Russia. By Wil van den Bercken. (Trans. by John Bowden of De mythe van het Oosten. Oost even West in de religieuze ideengeschiedenis van Rusland. Zoetermeer:...

Julian of Norwich. Autobiography and theology.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Julian of Norwich. Autobiography and theology. By Christopher Abbot. (Studies in Medieval Mysticism, 2.) Pp. xiv + 197. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1999. [pound]35. 0 85991 548 4; 1465 5683 The bibliography to this work lists fifty books and...

Religious life for women, c. 1100-c. 1350. Fontevraud in England.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Religious life for women, c. 1100-c. 1350. Fontevraud in England. By Berenice Kerr. (Oxford Historical Monographs.) Pp. xix + 299 incl. 20 figs, 7 maps and 7 tables. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. [pound]45. 0 19 820752 2 This is a study...

Carmel in medieval Catalonia.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Carmel in medieval Catalonia. By Jill R. Webster. (The Medieval Mediterranean, 23.) Pp. xvii + 202 incl. map + 4 plates. Leiden--Boston--Cologne: Brill, 1999. Nig 129.9004 11435 1; 0928 5520 Two recent publications, Balbino Velasco...

Worldly saints. Social interaction of Dominican penitent women in Italy 1200-1500.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Worldly saints. Social interaction of Dominican penitent women in Italy 1200-1500. By Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner. (Bibliotheca Historica, 35.) Pp. 189. Helsinki: Suomen Historiallinen Seura, 1999. 951 710 097 3; 1238-3503 This slim volume...

Le carte duecentesche del Sacro Convento di Assisi (Instrumenti, 1168-1300).(Review)
October 1, 2000... Le carte duecentesche del Sacro Convento di Assisi (Instrumenti, 1168-1300). By Attilio Bartoli Langeli. (Fonti e Studi Francescani, 5. Inventari 4). Pp. xci + 514. Padua: Centro Studi Antoniani, L. 140,000 (paper). 88 85155 34 0 For...

The history of the Albigensian Crusade. Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay's.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The history of the Albigensian Crusade. Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay's Historia albigensis. Edited and translated by W. A. Sibley and M. D. Sibley. Pp. xlvi + 338 incl. 5 maps and 3 genealogical tables. Woodbridge: Boydell Press 1998....

Nordic perspectives on medieval canon law.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Nordic perspectives on medieval canon law. Edited by Mia Korpiola. (Publications of the Matthias Calonius Society, II.) Pp. X + 167. Helsinki: University of Helsinki, 1999. Fin.Mk 100 (paper). 951 96259 1 7; 0788 8406 Nordic perspectives...

Medieval decorative ironwork in England.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Medieval decorative ironwork in England. By Jane Geddes. (Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 59.) Pp. xv + 411 incl. 6 maps and 19 tables. London: The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1999. [pound]75....

The Church in medieval York. Records edited in honour of Professor Barrie Dobson.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The Church in medieval York. Records edited in honour of Professor Barrie Dobson. Edited by David M. Smith. (Borthwick Texts and Calendars, 24.) Pp. Viii + 168. York: Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York, 1999....

The Spanish inquisition.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The Spanish inquisition. By John Edwards. Pp. 160 incl. 48 ills + 18 colour plates. Stroud--Charleston, SC: Tempus, 1999. [pound]18.99 0 7524 1770 3 In a very brief text that covers some eighty pages, and is both easy to read and...

From Cranmer to Davidson. A miscellany.(Review)
October 1, 2000... From Cranmer to Davidson. A miscellany. Edited by Stephen Taylor. (Church of England Record Society, 7). Pp. X + 478. Woodbridge: Boydell Press (for the Church of England Record Society), 1999. [pound]50.085115 7424; 1351 3087 This...

Women, religion and education in early modern England.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Women, religion and education in early modern England. By Kenneth Charlton. Pp. ix + 332. London-New York: Routledge, 1999. [pound]50. 0 415 18148 8 Women and religion in early America, 1600-1850. The Puritan and Evangelical traditions....

Antifraternalism and anticlericalism in the German Reformation. Johann Eberlin von Gunzberg and the campaign against the friars.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Antifraternalism and anticlericalism in the German Reformation. Johann Eberlin von Gunzberg and the campaign against the friars. By Geoffrey Dipple. (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History.) Pp. x+ 244. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1996....

Marriage and divorce in the thought of Martin Bucer.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Marriage and divorce in the thought of Martin Bucer. By H. J. Selderhuis. (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies, 48.) (Trans. By John Vriend and Lyle D. Bierma of Huwelijk en Echtscheiding bij Martin Bucer, Leiden J. J. Groen en Zoon, 1994)....

A reluctant author. Cardinal Pole and his manuscripts.(Review)
October 1, 2000... A reluctant author. Cardinal Pole and his manuscripts. By Thomas F. Mayer. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 89, Pt 4.) Pp. viii + 115. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1999. $15 (paper). 0 87169 894 3 ...

William Byrd. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.(Review)
October 1, 2000... William Byrd. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. By John Harley. Pp. xvi + 480 incl. frontispiece and 19 tables + 11 plates. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1997. [pound]45. 1 85928 165 6 English church polyphony. Singers and sources from the 14th...

The Dominican friars in southern Africa. A social history (1577-1990).(Review)
October 1, 2000... The Dominican friars in southern Africa. A social history (1577-1990). By Philippe Denis. (Studies in Christian Mission, 21.) Pp. xiii + 322 incl. 3 maps + 20 plates. Leiden-Boston-Cologne: Brill, 1998. Nlg 169. 90 04 11144 1; 0924 9389 ...

Stones of witness. Church architecture and function.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Stones of witness. Church architecture and function. By Colin Cunningham. Pp. x + 80 incl. 109 black-and-white + 19 colour plates. Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999 [pound]25. 0 7509 1225 1 As church attendance shrinks throughout the...

Providence in early modern England.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Providence in early modern England. By Alexandra Walsham. Pp. xvi + 387 incl. 46 ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. [pound]50. 0 19 820655 0 This extraordinarily rich and subtle book represents a major addition to a burgeoning...

English Catholics of parish and town, 1558-1778.(Review)
October 1, 2000... English Catholics of parish and town, 1558-1778. Edited by Marie B. Rowlands. (Catholic Record Society Monograph Ser., 5.) Pp. xvi+400 incl. 35 tables and 21 figs + 8 plates. London: Catholic Record Society/Wolverhampton University, 1999. 0...

Understanding popular violence in the English Revolution.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Understanding popular violence in the English Revolution. The Colchester plunderers. By John Walter. (Past and Present Publications.) Pp. xi+360. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. [pound]40. 0 521 65186 7 Marvellous things can...

Whether a Christian woman should be educated and other writings from her intellectual circle.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Anna Maria van Shurman, Whether a Christian woman should be educated and other writings from her intellectual circle. Edited and translated by Joyce L. Irwin. (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe.) Pp. xxvi + 148. Chicago--London:...

Christianity under the ancien regime, 1648-1789.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Christianity under the ancien regime, 1648-1789. By W. R. Ward. (New Approaches to European History, 14.) Pp. xii + 269 incl. 6 maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. [pound]35 (cloth), [pound]12.95 (paper). 0 521 55361 X; 0 521...

Religion, business and wealth in modern Britain.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Religion, business and wealth in modern Britain. Edited by David J. Jeremy. (Routledge International Studies in Business History, 4.) Pp. viii + 195 incl. 4 plates and 7 tables. London: Routledge, 1998. [pound]50. 0 415 16898 8 This...

Revolutionary Anglicanism. The colonial Church of England clergy during the American Revolution.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Revolutionary Anglicanism. The colonial Church of England clergy during the American Revolution. By Nancy L. Rhoden. Pp. xii + 205. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999. [pound]42.50. 0 333 72487 9 Nancy Rhoden's brief study provides an solid...

Newsletters from the archpresbyterate of George Birkhead.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Newsletters from the archpresbyterate of George Birkhead. Edited by Michael C. Questier. (Camden Fifth Series, 12.) Pp. xiv + 307. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (for the Royal Historical Society), 1998. [pound]40. 0521 65260 X ...

The idea of property in seventeenth-century England. Tithes and the individual.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The idea of property in seventeenth-century England. Tithes and the individual. By Laura Brace. (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain.) Pp. vii+184. Manchester-New York: Manchester University Press, 1998. [pound]45. 0 7190...

Isaac Watts. Poet, thinker, pastor.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Isaac Watts. Poet, thinker, pastor. By Alan Argent. (The Congregational Lecture 5999.) Pp. ii + 32. London: The Congregational Memorial Hall Trust, 1999. [pound]2. 0 9517710 86 Isaac Watts will always rank high in the history of hymnody....

Maynooth College 1795-1995.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Maynooth College 1795-1995. By Patrick J. Corish. Pp. xv + 542 incl. numerous ills. + 95 plates. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1995. [pound]30.0 7171 2241 7 Maynooth College is a unique institution. It was from its foundation in 1795 a...

Historical dictionary of the Baptists.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Historical dictionary of the Baptists. By William H. Brackney. (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements, 25.) Pp. xxxii+495. Lanham, MD--London: Scarecrow Press, 1999. $69.50. 0 8108 3652 1 William Brackney has...

Congregational missions and the making of an imperial culture in nineteenth-century England.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Congregational missions and the making of an imperial culture in nineteenth-century England. By Susan Thorne. Pp. ix + 247. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. [pound]30. 0 8047 3053 9 For more than the last decade, cultural...

Philosophy of religion in nineteenth-century England and beyond.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Philosophy of religion in nineteenth-century England and beyond. By S. A. M. Adshead. Pp. viii + 274. Basingstoke: Macmillan/New York: St Martin's Press, 1999 (2000). [pound]45. 0 333 77276 8; 0 312 22424 9 The casual browser happening...

'Africa for the African'. The life of Joseph Booth.(Review)
October 1, 2000... 'Africa for the African'. The life of Joseph Booth. By Harry Langworthy. (Kachere Monograph, 2.) Pp. 520 incl. 40 ills. Blantyre: Christian Literature Association in Malawi/Bonn: Verlag fur Kultur und Wissensehaft, 1996. 99908 16 03 4; 1025...

The span of the Cross. Christian religion and society in Wales.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The span of the Cross. Christian religion and society in Wales, 1914-2000. By D. Densil Morgan. Pp. x + 310 + 15 ills. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1999. [pound]25 (cloth), [pound]14.99 (paper). 0 7083 1616 6; 0 7083 1571 2 In the...