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Book SynopsisThe Apocriticus purports to be the record of a four-day public debate between a pagan philosopher, whom the text calls simply the “Hellene,” and the author, Macarius, a Christian rhetor. The text is a rich, though often neglected, source for the history of intellectual and cultural conflict between Christian and Hellene intellectuals in the fourth century CE. While the Apocriticus has frequently attracted the attention of scholars as a possible source of fragments from Porphyry’s Against the Christians, the text as a whole is significant in its own right. Macarius defends the allegorical reading of scripture and presents interesting discussions concerning ascetic practice and the cult of the martyrs. The philosophical and theological eclecticism of the text should also be of interests to scholars of early Christianity and later ancient philosophy. The fictitious dialogue weaves together philosophical and theological arguments, often in a “popularized” form. The text thus represents an interesting contrast to more formal “high” philosophical and theological texts of the period. As well as a new English translation of an important text, this volume includes notes and introductory essays setting the work in its historical and intellectual contexts.Trade Review'This affordable book is undoubtedly enlightening and enjoyable, and will lead to widespread use of this vast ancient text.' (Translated from German)Ulrich Volp, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum'Such use of this affordable book is undoubtedly illuminating and enjoyable and will lead to the widespread distribution of this extensive ancient text, especially since the English-speaking readership far outnumber those of the readers who are fluent in Greek, French and / or German.' Ulrich Volp, Zeitschift für antikes Christentum (Translated from German)Table of ContentsPreface Introductory Essays I. Macarius and the Christian Tradition (Mark J. Edwards) II. The Hellene (Jeremy M. Schott) A.Macarius’ Use of a Source or Sources B.Identifying the Hellene? i.Celsus ii.Sossianus Hierocles iii.Julian iv.Porphyry C.Conclusions III. Macarius and the Apocriticus (Jeremy M. Schott) A. The Text B. Author, Provenance, and Date C. A Literary Assessment Abbreviations and Sigla Macarius, Apocriticus, or Monogenes 1. Book 1 2. Book 2 3. Book 3 4. Book 4 5. Fragments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Apocriticus purports to be the record of a four-day public debate between a pagan philosopher, whom the text calls simply the “Hellene,” and the author, Macarius, a Christian rhetor. The text is a rich, though often neglected, source for the history of intellectual and cultural conflict between Christian and Hellene intellectuals in the fourth century CE. While the Apocriticus has frequently attracted the attention of scholars as a possible source of fragments from Porphyry’s Against the Christians, the text as a whole is significant in its own right. Macarius defends the allegorical reading of scripture and presents interesting discussions concerning ascetic practice and the cult of the martyrs. The philosophical and theological eclecticism of the text should also be of interests to scholars of early Christianity and later ancient philosophy. The fictitious dialogue weaves together philosophical and theological arguments, often in a “popularized” form. The text thus represents an interesting contrast to more formal “high” philosophical and theological texts of the period. As well as a new English translation of an important text, this volume includes notes and introductory essays setting the work in its historical and intellectual contexts.Trade Review'This affordable book is undoubtedly enlightening and enjoyable, and will lead to widespread use of this vast ancient text.' (Translated from German)Ulrich Volp, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum'Such use of this affordable book is undoubtedly illuminating and enjoyable and will lead to the widespread distribution of this extensive ancient text, especially since the English-speaking readership far outnumber those of the readers who are fluent in Greek, French and / or German.' Ulrich Volp, Zeitschift für antikes Christentum (Translated from German)Table of ContentsPreface Introductory Essays I. Macarius and the Christian Tradition (Mark J. Edwards) II. The Hellene (Jeremy M. Schott) A.Macarius’ Use of a Source or Sources B.Identifying the Hellene? i.Celsus ii.Sossianus Hierocles iii.Julian iv.Porphyry C.Conclusions III. Macarius and the Apocriticus (Jeremy M. Schott) A. The Text B. Author, Provenance, and Date C. A Literary Assessment Abbreviations and Sigla Macarius, Apocriticus, or Monogenes 1. Book 1 2. Book 2 3. Book 3 4. Book 4 5. Fragments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFirst printed edition, with facsimile and studies, of a significant manuscript from medieval England. The Thorney liber vitae (BL, MS Add. 40,000, fols 1-12v) consists of many hundreds of names written in the front of a tenth-century gospel book. This liber vitae is one of only three such compilations surviving frommedieval England, the others being the Durham liber vitae (BL, MS Cotton Domitian A vii) and the New Minster liber vitae (BL, MS Stowe 944). Begun at Thorney abbey (Cambridgeshire) in the late eleventh century and continued into the late twelfth, it purports to be a record of the names of confraters of the abbey, that is of those people who, through their friendship and gifts to the abbey, were included in the daily prayers of the monks of the community. The present volume is the first complete edition of this important text, and includes a complete facsimile of the pages. It also contains studies of the manuscript context, of the names included and, where possible, the identities and relationship to the abbey of those named, many of whom are also entered in the priory cartulary known as the Red Book of Thorney. The introduction provides a wide-ranging historical context for the production of the liber vitae. Lynda Rollason is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University. With contributions from Richard Gameson, John Insley and Katharine Keats-Rohan.Trade ReviewThe Thorney 'Liber Vitae' provides a model for how future researchers might wish to edit, analyze, and present similar manuscript sources. . . . [A]ny would-be editor, paleographer, and codicologist would do well to browse its pages. * SPECULUM *An invaluable research tool, one which will find a welcome place in all serious research libraries. * HISTORY *This volume contains much material of high quality: the excellent facsimile pages, the clear printed text, the thoughtful accompanying essays. It is a work that will surely be used by many scholars working in the fields of Old English and Middle English, not only in onomastics but also in language and in history, and not only by scholars currently working but also by those in generations to come. In brief, this volume is an enormous contribution to scholarship. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsHistorical Introduction The Manuscript Context: The Thorney Gospels The Personal Names of the Liber Vitae of Thorney Abbey: An Introduction to the Onomasticon Introduction to the Prosopographical Study of the Thorney Liber Vitae The Edition The Thorney Liber Vitae: Planning, Production, and Palaeography The Onomasticon The Prosopography The Goldsmith's Entry (4r1) (a): The Language of the Goldsmith's Entry The Goldsmith's Entry (4r1) (b): Palaeographical Commentary on the Goldsmith's Entry The Goldsmith's Entry (4r1) (c): Palaeographical Commentary on the Goldsmith's Entry The Entry for Turstan of Stamford the Moneyer (10v57) The Language of Folios 9v1, 10r1b-10r1d The Thorney Relic-List, Folio 11v Abbreviated References Index 1: Linguistic Index: Manuscript Forms and Lemmata Index 2: Lemmata, the Linguistic and Prosopographical Commentaries and the Introductory Essays

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Book SynopsisAn examination into two of the most important activities undertaken by the Normans. The reputation of the Normans is rooted in warfare, faith and mobility. They were simultaneously famed as warriors, noted for their religious devotion, and celebrated as fearless travellers. In the Middle Ages few activities offered a better conduit to combine warfare, religiosity, and movement than crusading and pilgrimage. However, while scholarship is abundant on many facets of the Norman world, it is a surprise that the Norman relationship with crusading and pilgrimage, so central in many ways to Norman identity, has hitherto not received extensive treatment. The collection here seeks to fill this gap. It aims to identify what was unique or different about the Normans andtheir relationship with crusading and pilgrimage, as well as how and why crusade and pilgrimage were important to the Normans. Particular focus is given to Norman participation in the First Crusade, to Norman interaction in latercrusading initiatives, to the significance of pilgrimage in diverse parts of the Norman world, and finally to the ways in which crusading and pilgrimage were recorded in Norman narrative. Ultimately, this volume aims to assess, insome cases to confirm, and in others to revise the established paradigm of the Normans as crusaders par excellence and as opportunists who used religion to serve other agendas. Dr Kathryn Hurlock is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Manchester Metropolitan University; Dr Paul Oldfield is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Andrew Abram, William M. Aird, Emily Albu, Joanna Drell, Leonie Hicks, Natasha Hodgson, Kathryn Hurlock, Alan V. Murray, Paul Oldfield, David S. Spear, Lucas Villegas-Aristizábal.Trade ReviewA lively group of essays. * HISTORY *A very useful collection that has been compiled intelligently and edited carefully. * NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES *[T]his well-presented volume provides a wealth of information for the expert and the inexpert. . . . [T]he chapters and bibliographical materials ensure that anyone coming to this will be given an excellent stepping-stone from which to embark on further research into the interplay between crusading, pilgrimage, and the Norman World. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Kathryn Hurlock and Paul Oldfield 'Many others, whose names I do not know, fled with them': Norman Courage and Cowardice on the First Crusade - William M. Aird The Enemy Within: Bohemond, Byzantium and the Subversion of the First Crusade - Alan Murray / The Editor Norman Italy and the Crusades: Thoughts on the 'Homefront' - Joanna Drell The Norman Influence on Crusading from England and Wales - Kathryn Hurlock The Secular Clergy of Normandy and the Crusades - David S Spear Norman and Anglo-Norman Intervention in the Iberian Wars of Reconquest Before and After the First Crusade - Lucas Villegas-Aristizábal The Pilgrimage and Crusading activities of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester - Andrew Abram The Use and Abuse of Pilgrims in Norman Italy - Paul Oldfield Antioch and the Normans - Emily Albu The Landscape of Pilgrimage and Miracles in Norman Narrative Sources - Leonie V. Hicks Normans and Competing Masculinities on Crusade - Natasha R. Hodgson Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisReveals through a study of how ordinary Catholics lived their faith that Roman Catholicism, and not just Protestantism, can be seen as part of the Evangelical spectrum of religious experience. Religious historians writing about Roman Catholicism after the Reformation have concentrated on institutional change, or the impact of certain groups or individuals. At the same time, those writing about Evangelical revivalism have tended to see this as an exclusively Protestant phenomenon. This book, by focusing on devotional practice and grass roots communities over a long period, demonstrates that renewal and revivalism were also present in the Roman Catholic Church, arguing that they are essential for faith to remain vibrant. The book examines how in the diocese of Middlesbrough (which comprises the old North and East Ridings of Yorkshire including Hull and York) Catholic faithand practice developed from a position where old Catholic gentry families were central through to the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy and large-scale immigration in the nineteenth century, when the church took on a distinctly Irish character. It re-evaluates the so-called "golden age" of the 1950s and considers the impact of the Second Vatican Council. Overall, the book shows how English Catholic faith and practice were influenced by social, cultural and geographical factors, how Roman Catholicism can indeed be seen as part of the Evangelical spectrum of religious experience, and, above all, how ordinary Catholics lived their faith. Margaret Turnham completed herdoctorate at the University of Nottingham.Trade ReviewA well-researched examination. * JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE *Assured and persuasive. * HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction A Quiet Faith 1778-1850 Faith and the Victorian City 1850-1878 Faith, Vision and Mission 1879-1929 A Faith Secure? 1929-1963 Faith in an Age of Doubt 1963-1992 Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn investigation of the growth and influence of the cult of St Edmund, and how it manifested itself in medieval material culture. Longlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2016 St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869, was one of the pre-eminent saints of the middle ages; his cult was favoured and patronised by several English kings, and gave rise to a rich array of visual, literary, musical and political artefacts. This study explores the development of devotion to St Edmund, from its first flourishing in the ninth century to the eveof the Reformation. It explores a series of key questions: how, why and when did the cult develop? Who was responsible for its promotion and dissemination? To which groups and individuals did St Edmund appeal? How did this evolveover time? Using as evidence a range of textual and visual treasures from the Anglo-Saxon king's erstwhile kingdom and later cultic heartland, Norfolk and Suffolk, the study draws on sources and approaches from a variety of disciplines (literature, art history, social history and anthropology) to elucidate the social, cultural and political dynamics of cult construction. Dr Rebecca Pinner is a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature atthe University of East Anglia.Trade ReviewA first-rate example of interdisciplinary historical scholarship, drawing on art history, literary criticism, archaeology, social history, and even anthropology to illuminate a saint's cult whose significance is finally being recognized. The book transcends the usual divide between textual and material studies that can impede medieval historians.... essential reading for anyone interested in the development of saints' cults and royal and national self-construction in medieval Europe. * FOLKLORE *Longlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2016 * . *A mixture of elegant prose and beautiful illustrations...provides historians with valuable insights into the cult of St Edmund, king and martyr. * LOCAL HISTORIAN *Pinner's book achieves the difficult feat of drawing together different kinds of evidence and strands of narrative associated with St. Edmund into one cohesive whole, which makes for a lively, engaging, and thought-provoking read. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *[A] full hagiological study of a saint and his cult among the people of a whole region over four centuries. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Very readable. A classic study of a medieval cult. * THE RICARDIAN *Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Emergence of the Hagiographic Tradition: Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Eadmundi De Miraculis Sancti Eadmundi: Herman, Osbert and Samson Vita et miracula The Elaboration of the Hagiographic Tradition The Final Flourish of the Textual Cult: John Lydgate, The Lives of Sts Edmund and Fremund Sacred Immanence, the Incorrupted Body and the Shrine of St Edmund The Devotional and Iconographical Context of the Shrine Writing St Edmund into the East Anglian landscape Miracles Beyond Bury Images of St Edmund Texts beyond Bury: Legendary Collections 'Martir, mayde and kynge', and more Appendix 1: Synoptic Account of the Legend of St Edmund Appendix 2: Chronology of Significant Events and Texts associated with the Cult of St Edmund Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Deeds of the abbots of St Albans records the history of one of the most important abbeys in England, closely linked to the royal family and home to a school of distinguished chroniclers, including Matthew Paris and Thomas Walsingham. It offers many insights into the life of the monastery, its buildings and its role as a maker of books, and covers the period from the Conquest to the mid-fifteenth century.Trade ReviewA wonderfully detailed picture of life in the medieval abbey...To have this work available in one volume in English rather than multiple volumes in Latin is a great service to medieval and monastic historians * ALBAN LINK *Table of ContentsIntroduction The translation and its sources The Deeds of the Abbots of St Albans Appendix: A thirteenth-century precis of the Deeds of the Abbots of St Albans Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDaniel Wilson (1778-1858) was a prominent personality in the British administration of the Indian subcontinent during the mid-nineteenth century, as Anglican bishop of Calcutta from 1832 and the first metropolitan of India and Ceylon. Daniel Wilson (1778-1858) was a prominent personality in the British administration of the Indian subcontinent during the mid-nineteenth century, as Anglican bishop of Calcutta from 1832 and the first metropolitan of India and Ceylon. His episcopate coincided with the final decades of the British East India Company, and his vast diocese stretched from the Khyber Pass to Singapore. Under his leadership, the position of the Church of England in India was consolidated at a formational period for the nascent Anglican Communion, with the creation of new dioceses, the wide deployment of chaplains and missionaries, and an aggressive programme of church building in a colonial landscape dominated by temples and mosques. Wilson's private journal covers the second half of his episcopate, beginning with a day-to-day account of his furlough in England in 1845-46, and including his frequent, lengthy journeys on visitation to far-flung mission stations. It reveals the development of his missionary strategies, his relationships with political and ecclesiastical power-brokers, his attitudes to Hinduism and Islam, and his confidence in the blessings of European civilization. The journal also sheds light upon Wilson's evangelical piety and abhorrence of Tractarianism, as well as his attempts to discipline immoral and criminous chaplains who brought public scandal upon thechurch. ANDREW ATHERSTONE is Tutor in History and Doctrine at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and a member of Oxford University's Faculty of Theology and Religion.Table of ContentsIntroduction Journal

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture. Thomas Becket - the archbishop of Canterbury cut down in his own cathedral just after Christmas 1170 - stands amongst the most renowned royal ministers, churchmen, and saints of the Middle Ages. He inspired the work of medieval writers and artists, and remains a compelling subject for historians today. Yet many of the political, religious, and cultural repercussions of his murder and subsequent canonisation remain to be explored in detail. This book examines the development of the cult and the impact of the legacy of Saint Thomas within the Plantagenet orbit of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - the "Empire" assembled by King Henry II, defended by his son King Richard the Lionheart, and lost by King John. Traditional textual and archival sources, such as miracle collections, charters, and royal and papal letters, are used in conjunction with the material culture inspired by the cult, toemphasise the wide-ranging impact of the murder and of the cult's emergence in the century following the martyrdom. From the archiepiscopal church at Canterbury, to writers and religious houses across the Plantagenet lands, to thecourts of Henry II, his children, and the bishops of the Angevin world, individuals and communities adapted and responded to one of the most extraordinary religious phenomena of the age. Dr Paul Webster is currently Lecturer in Medieval History and Project Manager of the Exploring the Past adult learners progression pathway at Cardiff University; Dr Marie-Pierre Gelin is a Teaching Fellow in the History Department at University College London. Contributors: Colette Bowie, Elma Brenner, José Manuel Cerda, Anne J. Duggan, Marie-Pierre Gelin, Alyce A. Jordan, Michael Staunton, Paul Webster.Trade ReviewA useful collection, well presented, properly indexed, rising above the generally meretricious nature of the genre. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Outstanding..The volume overall is excellent, and will surely be indispensable to scholars with an interest in Becket as well as saints' cults and elite patronage more generally around the year 1200. * JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE *It will surely be an important resource for future studies, and it prompts many questions about how the cult developed and changed over the longer term, and about how elite engagement with the Becket cult influenced popular engagement. ENGLISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY [T]his volume enriches our understanding of the multiple meanings and diverse uses of Becket's prodigious afterlife. * SPECULUM *This volume will be of interest to scholars of multiple specialities, including history, literature, and art history, along with others. The collection also speaks to regions beyond England and northern France, particularly Spain and Germany. * PARERGON *A lively, thoroughly-researched, and stimulating contribution to an ever-expanding Becket literature. * SEHEPUNKTE *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Cult of St Thomas Becket: An Historiographical Pilgrimage - Paul Webster Becket is Dead! Long Live St Thomas - Anne J. Duggan The Cult of St Thomas in the Liturgy and Iconography of Christ Church, Canterbury - Marie-Pierre Gelin Thomas Becket and Leprosy in Normandy - Elma Brenner Thomas Becket in the Chronicles - Michael Staunton Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1168-89) and the Cult of Thomas Becket: A Legacy of Appropriation - Colette Bowie Leonor Plantagenet and the Cult of Thomas Becket in Castile - José Manuel Cerda Crown versus Church after Becket: King John, St Thomas, and the Interdict - Paul Webster The St Thomas Becket Windows at Angers and Coutances: Devotion, Subversion, and the Scottish Connection - Alyce A. Jordan

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Book SynopsisWycliffite's theology and learning examined in the context of their physical appearance in contemporary books and manuscripts. The reform movement known variously as Wycliffism or Lollardy is now a familiar feature of the premodern intellectual and religious landscape. But even though "heresy" has migrated to the forefront of medieval studies in recent decades, Wycliffite biblical scholarship itself has escaped sustained attention, especially its different tiers of textual form and practice. This book examines Wycliffism as it moves from late scholastic discourses of academic biblical study to the material contexts of English book and manuscript production; it also considers changing notions of biblical materiality itself. Such a concern is not limited to the empirical analysis of the book-object itself, but extends to scripture's material forms and identites as they were imagined, theorised, and made the subject of far-reaching speculation in textual criticism and hermenutics. In addition to Wycliff's academic writing, the book also addresses the movement's most significant textual assemblages in a major contribution to reframing our understanding of a key moment in English religious and cultural history. David Lavinsky is Assistant Professor for the Department of English at Yeshiva University.Table of ContentsIntroduction "De Pellibus Bestiarum": Scripture, Realism, and Material Form "Stories of þe elde testament": Adherence, Supersession, and the "Proces" of Reading "We speke not of enke and parchemyn": Voice, Form, and Textual Supplement Rolle's "blessyd boke": Heresy, Interpolation, and the Material Text The "sentence of olde holy doctouris": Gospel Commentary and the Materialities of the Literal Sense Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA re-evaluation of the mysterious "charms" found in Anglo-Saxon literature, arguing for their place in mainstream Christian rites. Since its inception in the nineteenth century, the genre of Anglo-Saxon charms has drawn the attention of many scholars and appealed to enthusiasts of magic, paganism, and popular religion. Their Christian nature has been widely acknowledged in recent years, but their position within mainstream liturgical traditions has not yet been fully recognised. In this book, Ciaran Arthur undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of the genre to better understand how early English ecclesiastics perceived these rituals and why they included them in manuscripts were written in high-status minsters. Evidence from the entire corpus of Old English, various surviving manuscript sources, and rich Christian theological traditions suggests that contemporary scribes and compilers did not perceive "charms" as anything other than Christian rituals that belonged to diverse, mainstream liturgical practices. The book thus challenges the notion that there was any such thing as an Anglo-Saxon "charm", and offers alternative interpretations of these texts as creative para-liturgical rituals or liturgical rites, which testify to the diversity of early medieval English Christianity. When considered in their contemporary ecclesiastical and philosophical contexts, even the most enigmatic rituals, previously dismissed as mere "gibberish", begin to emerge as secret, deliberately obscured textswith hidden spiritual meaning. Ciaran Arthur is a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast.Trade ReviewThe book represents a major advance to our knowledge about Anglo-Saxon ritual practice, for Arthur's study permits us now to take charms and secret writing seriously as much for their theological and devotional depth as for their popular significance. Rare is the event - and to be celebrated - when one comes across a book that opens up an entire genre for new appreciation -- EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPECiaran Arthur's overview of this fascinating corpus of literature, with each example scrutinized in its manuscript context and set against the background of a learned Latinate tradition, contributes much to our understanding of the relations between magic and liturgy in late Anglo-Saxon England. * SPECULUM *Scholars and students of Anglo-Saxon England will find this book an invaluable re-assessment of many of the Anglo-Saxon texts that have been labelled `charms', and it will also interest scholars concerned with folklore more generally. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Provocative and erudite [its] arguments are consistently stimulating, discerning, and persuasive. This book makes a major contribution to knowledge, as it sheds an enormous amount of light on the least well-understood corpus of writings from Anglo-Saxon England. * ANGLIA *[F]or researchers focusing on the belief systems of early medieval England, or of early medieval Europe more broadly, this must be very strongly recommended. Any university library with a collection on medieval religion needs to obtain a copy. * READING RELIGION *Table of ContentsIntroduction Kill or Cure: Anglo-Saxon Understandings of Galdor By the Power Vested in Me: Galdor in Authorised Rituals Ite Missa Est: The Liturgical Nature of 'Charms' Crops and Robbers: A Case Study of the Vitellius Psalter In the Beginning Was the Letter: The Cosmological Power of 'Gibberish' Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEdition of complex and important early liturgical work. The highly complex combined sacramentary and pontifical presented here, preserved as Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12052, was apparently written to the order of Ratoldus, abbot of Corbie (d. 986), but in fact has along and complicated history. The sacramentary descends from a book compiled at Saint-Denis, later augmented with material relating to Dol (in Brittany) and Arras, while the pontifical, such as it is, descends in large part froma book drawn up for Oda, archbishop of Canterbury (941-58). Moreover, late-tenth and eleventh-century additions show that Corbie was merely the last link in a fascinating and sometimes puzzling chain. The work is thus of considerable importance to scholars and this edition, with introduction, will be warmly welcomed. Dr NICHOLAS ORCHARD is Deputy Slide Librarian at the Courtauld Institute of Art.Trade ReviewThe introduction is full of rich and thought-provoking details, which cast new light not just on Ratoldus but on the wider liturgical history of both northern France and England in the tenth-century. The edition which follows is exemplary. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *

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Book SynopsisEarliest surviving English sacramentary containing English and continental liturgical rite. During the tenth century, there were intimate connections between the English Church and the French abbey of Fleury, which was at that time one of the foremost intellectual centres in Europe. A number of leading English churchmen,such as Archbishop Oswald (d.992) and Abbot Germanus, went to Fleury for their training, and it was from Fleury that Abbo, perhaps the most learned man in the Europe of his day, came to England to spend two years teaching at thefenland monastery of Ramsey (985-7). The `Winchcombe Sacramentary', which may have been written at Ramsey at this time, is the earliest complete surviving English sacramentary, and a product of the links between England and Fleury. Though written by an English scribe, it had been taken to Fleury by the early eleventh century, and remained there during the middle ages. The fascinating combination of English and continental liturgical rite represented in this manuscript is elucidated for the first time by Fr Anselme Davril. Fr ANSELME DAVRIL, foremost living authority on tenth-century Fleury, is a monk of the Benedictine community at Fleury.Trade ReviewThis crystal-clear edition makes available the oldest complete surviving sacramentary from Anglo-Saxon England... an immensely useful and informative work. MEDIUM AEVUM Dom Davril's labours make it possible to study with new depth this and a host of other questions related to the late Anglo-Saxon liturgy. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Long-awaited edition of one of the major liturgical manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon church... an exemplary text, followed by a useful comparative table and indices. * HISTORY *

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Book SynopsisDiplomatic edition of interesting sacramentary from the Carolingian period. This sacramentary, compiled at the abbey of Echternach between 895 and 900, is one of the most interesting and unusual examples from the Carolingian period. Unique in combining aspects of Gregorian, Gelasian, and Old Gelasian sacramentaries, it also has important implications for such matters as Carolingian liturgical reforms, and it is a vital source for the study of the local history of the abbey of Echternach itself. The Sacramentary, with material appended to it (such as a list of the benefactors of the abbey), is presented here in a diplomatic edition, with introduction, notes and collation tables by the editor. YITZHAK HEN is Lecturer in History at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.Table of ContentsPublication Secretary's Preface Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Bibliography Editorial Procedure The Sacramentary of Echternach: The Text Collation Table Indices Plates

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Book SynopsisEarly 11c service book containing many masses commemorating English and Continental saints. The `Missal of Robert of Jumièges' is one of the most important, and also most beautifully written and decorated, service books which have survived from the late Anglo-Saxon period. Probably written at Canterbury in the early years of the eleventh century, it eventually came into the possession of Robert, bishop of London (1044-51), who gave it to the abbey of Jumièges in France, where it remained until 1791. From a liturgical point of view, the manuscriptis notable for the large number of masses commemorating not only native English, but also continental, and particularly Flemish, saints culted in late Anglo-Saxon England; the book is thus an important witness to the cultural links between England and the Continent at that time. The text, first published in 1896, has a still-valuable introduction by its editor and is accompanied by fifteen black and white plates, which give some impression of the original, lavish decoration. There are also full indexes of liturgical forms and subjects.

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Book SynopsisA guide to breviaries (monastic service books containing the Divine Office) in late medieval England. During the Middle Ages, the Divine Office, or daily round of prayers, formed the central focus of the monastic life. The liturgical book which contained all the prayers, hymns, etc. which were said at each office during the year is the breviary. The present volume is widely acknowledged as the best introduction available in English to the complex structure of the Office. Initially the Benedictine Office is considered, followed by an assessment of the numerous additions and alterations which occured during the early medieval period. To conclude there is a detailed discussion of the structure of various individual offices in late medieval England as they are known from surviving breviaries. Throughout, the language has been kept plain and non-technical to make it accessible to all students of the middle ages.

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Book SynopsisA photographic reprint of the rare edition,first published in 1912, of the `Fulda Sacramentary' (Gottingen, UB, Cod. theol. 231), a 10th-century manuscript written at Fulda which represents a distinct recension of the Gregorian Sacramentary, possibly connected with the scholarly activities of Hrabanus Maurus (d.856). The Fulda Sacramentary was richly illuminated; it is also a rich repository of prayers and mass formulas, and its ample contents include aprayer in Old High German.

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Book SynopsisMissal text with notes and commentary: a fundamental tool for the study of both insular and continental medieval mass-books. The manuscript edited in these volumes is a fine and elaborate missal of Westminster Abbey, given by Nicholas Lytlington (abbot 1362-1386) and often referred to by his name. As well as its importance as a particularly full missaltext from a royal abbey (it includes an extensive coronation ritual), it is also the only monastic representative of a `Sarum' type of sacramentary to have received a modern edition. John Wickham Legg's publication of this manuscript was an early milestone in the Henry Bradshaw Society programme, and is particularly notable for its extensive critical notes: employing over fifty other manuscripts, as well as printed sources, Legg provided a commentary whichgives an extraordinarily comprehensive view of texts for the celebration of mass in the middle ages. His work remains, over a century after its publication, a fundamental and indispensible tool for the study of medieval mass-books, both insular and continental. Reissue; First published 1891, 1895 and 1897 in three separate volumes.

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Book SynopsisSecond of two-volume edition of twelfth-century Ordinal from Fécamp, giving a detailed view of monastic liturgy. The abbey of Fécamp, reformed in the early years of the eleventh century by William of Volpiano, abbot of St-Bénigne at Dijon, was a key institution in the development of Norman monasticism in the middle ages. As one of the most energetic monastic reformers of his time, William was noted for the attention he paid to the liturgy of the many abbeys he superintended, and his liturgical cursus was influential in English and continental monastic houses. The Fécamp Ordinal, edited here from a manuscript of the early thirteenth century, but transmitting the liturgy observed in the abbey some two centuries earlier, is the first complete source of William's liturgical work tobe printed. It is expanded by readings from complementary Fécamp service books, creating a text which gives a particularly detailed view of medieval monastic liturgy. The first volume contains the Temporale; this volume contains the remainder of the Ordinal (Sanctorale, Commune Sanctorum and Miscellanea), together with comprehensive indexes. DAVID CHADD teaches in the School of Music at the University of East Anglia.Trade ReviewInvaluable in promoting a deeper understanding of monastic life in [medieval] Normandy. JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY One of the most important publications of its kind to have appeared in recent years, [it] assumes a central place in the study of monastic liturgical practice in the Middle Ages.... The result is a sort of super-ordinal hardly, if ever, matched in one medieval manuscript alone. And it is all managed with perfect clarity.... This edition shows that the study of medieval liturgical books is in safe and expert hands. Without doubt [the author] deserves our most sincere congratulations. * PLAINSONG & MEDIEVAL MUSIC *

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Book SynopsisMysticism in Early Modern England traces how mysticism featured in polemical and religious discourse in seventeenth-century England and explores how it came to be viewed as a source of sectarianism, radicalism, and, most significantly, religious enthusiasm. Mysticism in Early Modern England examines a vital juncture in the history of Christian mysticism. Exploring both Catholic and Protestant views across the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the book argues for a re-evaluation of the cross-denominational appeal of mystical spirituality. It traces the mysticism of figures such as the Benedictine Augustine Baker, the Familist preacher John Everard, the millenarian Jane Lead, and the Cambridge Platonist writers Henry More and John Worthington. At the same time, it explores the arguments of a number of early modern critics including Meric Casaubon and Edward Stillingfleet, who viewed mysticism with suspicion and ridicule, a product of melancholy and madness incompatible with learned theological and doctrinal discussions. The book contends that the early modern period ultimately saw the association of mysticism with sectarianism, radicalism and religious enthusiasm, resulting in a negative connotation that lasted well into the twentieth century. It also explores connections between England and the Continent, suggesting that parallel and interconnected criticisms of mysticism occurred in France, Italy and Germany over the period. In analysing this significant change in attitude towards mysticism, the book suggests that recent scholarly attempts to 'return' mysticism to modern religious institutions and mainstream histories of religion can be viewed as a direct response to the rejection of mysticism in the early modern period. LIAM PETER TEMPLE gained his PhD from Northumbria University, Newcastle.Trade ReviewThe book's ambition is visible not least in its firmly cross-confessional approach. Scholars have been nodding for years at the need to reintegrate Catholicism firmly into the mainstream of the religious history of early modern England. This is one of the best examples from an early career scholar of it actually being done. * HISTORY *Historians and literary scholars will turn to this study as a definitive source for determining the status of mysticism in the period. It most powerfully answers why mysticism flowers and falls away over the duration of this surprising, turbulent century. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *[An] important book...Well-written and lucidly argued [it makes] an important contribution to the historiography of the English Reformation, causing us to question fundamental assumptions about apparently polarised confessional identities. * BRITISH CATHOLIC HISTORY *A groundbreaking study. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Provides a helpful insight into the complexities of Christian mystical development for both the general student of the early modern period and the more specialist scholar of religious history. * HWRBI *Temple's work is impressive for both its mastery of historical scholarship as well as its employment of primary evidence to support his findings. . . . There is an impressive amount of research underpinning the entire study, and the author handles some complex and dense characters and their relevant works with admirable concision and clarity. * SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEWS *Temple's work should be the first place one turns to begin a study of mysticism (however conceived) in 17th-century England. Its comparative approach and its focus on terminology help give clarity to an otherwise allusive theory in modern religion. For a first monograph, it combines just the right amount of historical detail, narrative, manuscript work, and theory to engage student and scholar alike. * Reading Religion *an important work that is thoroughly recommended for all readers interested in the varieties of early modern religious experience. * CHURCH HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction English Benedictine Mysticism, 1605-1655 Mysticism and Heterodoxy in Revolutionary England, 1625-1655 Mysticism, Melancholy and Pagano-Papism, 1630-1670 Rationality and Mysticism in the Restoration, 1660-1690 Mysticism and the Philadelphian Moment, 1650-1705 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the vexed relationship between clergy and warfare is traced through a careful examination of canon law. In the first millennium the Christian Church forbade its clergy from bearing arms. In the mid-eleventh century the ban was reiterated many times at the highest levels: all participants in the battle of Hastings, for example, who had drawn blood were required to do public penance. Yet over the next two hundred years the canon law of the Latin Church changed significantly: the pope and bishops came to authorize and direct wars; military-religious orders, beginning with the Templars, emerged to defend the faithful and the Faith; and individual clerics were allowed to bear arms for defensive purposes. This study examines how these changes developed, ranging widely across Europe and taking the story right up to the present day; it also considers the reasons why the original prohibition has never been restored. LAWRENCE G. DUGGAN is Professor of History at the University of Delaware and research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.Trade Review[A] well-written account that gives the reader many examples of clerics who went to war, their participation in warfare, their role in the Crusades, and the peculiar rise of clerical military orders. it has the virtue of covering the entire span of European civilization. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *Offers an important corrective to the blanket assumption that medieval canon law spoke with one unanimous voice condemning clerical participation in warfare. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *Exemplary as a study of how theory and practice relate to each other. * SEHEPUNKTE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Julius Exclusus? Quot homines, tot sententiae The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church on Clerical Armsbearing (I): To the Twelfth Century The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (II):"Revolution in Law," ca. 1140-1317 The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (III): Since 1317 Armsbearing in the English Legal Tradition Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA study of women who left their nunneries: their motives and actions, and the consequences for them. To make a vow is a matter of the will, to fulfill one is a matter of necessity, declared late medieval canon law, and religious profession involved the most solemn of those vows. Professed nuns could never renege on their vows and if they did attempt to re-enter secular society, they became apostates. Automatically excommunicated, they could be forcibly returned to their monasteries where, should they remain unrepentant, penalties, including imprisonment, might be imposed. And although the law imposed uniform censures on male and female apostates, the norms regarding the proper sphere of activity for women within the Church would prohibit disaffected nuns from availing themselves of options short of apostasy that were readily available to monks similarly unhappy with the choices that they had made. This book is the first to address the practical and legal problems facing women religious, both in England and in Europe, who chose to reject the terms of their profession as nuns. The women featured in these pages acted, and were acted upon, by the law: the volume shows alleged apostates petitioning for redress and actual apostates seeking to extricate themselves, via self-help and litigation, from the moral and legal consequences of their behaviour. ELIZABETH MAKOWSKI is Emerita Professor of History at Texas State University, San Marcos.Trade ReviewThe book is a lively portrayal of the complexities of life and vocation for late medieval religious women. [...] the book deserves a wide readership among those interested in female monasticism, medieval religiosity, and women's history more generally. -- SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNALWill be of interest to scholars of medieval women, religion, canon law, and pastoral care. * HWRBI *Makowski provides an important guide to a clearer understanding of medieval religious women. Its conclusions badly need to be incorporated into standard histories of monasticism. I sincerely hope they will be. -- Constance H. Berman * The Medieval Review *[Presents] important scholarship on women's religious roles and agency within the church. [It is] written in an academic style, yet accessible for those interested in the history of deaconesses and sisterhoods. -- Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook * Anglican & Episcopal History *Engrossing and informative, Makowski's book is a wonderful addition to her already impressive body of work on women, agency, and the law. It will be of great interest to scholars of medieval women and gender, monasticism, and canon law. * Speculum *Table of ContentsIntroduction Spiritual Ideal and Legal Realities Force and Fear Land, Lust, and Love Diversions and Disasters Penitents and Penalties Recidivists and Renegades Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOne of the most significant British foreign missionaries of the nineteenth century, Henry Martyn (1781-1812) is a central figure in the history of the East India Company. Henry Martyn (1781-1812) was one of the most significant British foreign missionaries of the nineteenth century. An Anglican Evangelical, active in India and Persia, he translated the New Testament into Urdu and Persian, pioneeredengagement between Protestant Christianity and Islam, and inspired a generation of British and American evangelical missionary efforts. He is a central figure for the history of the East India Company and its relationship to themissionary movement. This book provides a fully annotated transcription of all Martyn's surviving 327 letters, together with a very substantial introduction covering Martyn's biography, missiology and churchmanship, circle of correspondents, philological contribution, and experience in India and Persia. The letters themselves are rich in detail about East India Company governance in India and the importance of the religious issue at the highest levels. Thebook will be of great interest to historians of India and the East India Company, historians of Anglo-Persian relations and of Evangelical Anglicanism and the broader Protestant missionary movement, and those interested in the emergence and shape of modern Christian-Islamic discourse. SCOTT D. AYLER spent 24 years as an English-language instructor in the Middle East and South Asia, most recently at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He completed his doctorate in History at the University of Wales, Lampeter.Trade ReviewThe volume is well- presented and, importantly, well arranged and thoroughly annotated. This is a work of scholarly perseverance and acumen that is a gift to scholars of Martyn's life, but will also provide deepened insight into the context of Anglican chaplaincy and mission in the early Nineteenth century. * RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW *This excellent volume provides new insights into Martyn and directly complements the chapter on the East India Company in Gareth Atkin's recent volume from the same publisher, Converting Britannia: Evangelicals and British Public Life, 1770-1840 (Suffolk Boydell, 2019). * ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Text and Annotations List of Abbreviations Glossary of Non-English Terms Letter Recipients Preparation and Journey (Letters 1-67) Calcutta and Early Ministry at Dinapore (Letters 68-135) Dinapore with Sabat (Letters 136-222) Cawnpore (Letters 223-292) Departure from India and Residence in Persia (Letters 293-327) Manuscript Source Locations Cited in Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe third of four volumes, containing the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship including the development of national days of prayer during the two world wars,and a proliferation of nation-wide services for royal occasions. Since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the British Isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration, or for annual commemoration and remembrance. These special prayers, special days of worship and anniversary commemorations were national events, reaching into every parish in England and Wales, in Scotland, and in Ireland. They had considerable religious, ecclesiastical, political, ideological, moral and social significance, and they produced important texts: proclamations, council orders, addresses and - in England and Wales, and in Ireland - prayers or complete liturgies which for specified periods supplemented or replaced the services in the Book of Common Prayer. Many of these acts of special worship and most of the texts have escaped historical notice. National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation, in four volumes, provides the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship, and for each of the annual commemorations. The third volume, Worship for National and Royal Occasions in the United Kingdom 1871-2016, reveals the considerable changes in special worship during modern times. These include new subjects for special prayers, many services for royal events, wartime national days of prayer, and developing co-operation among leaders of the main British churches, together with transformations in the styles of worship in both the Church of England and the Church of ScotlandTable of ContentsPreface The project group Additions and corrections Summary list of particular occasions of worship, 1871-2016 Reader's guide and editorial conventions List of abbreviations Introduction: 1871-2016 Definitions National worship Styles of worship Decisions The documents: composition, printing, distribution and sale Special worship in the empire and commonwealth Bibliography of works relating to special worship, 1871-2016 Special worship and the Book of Common Prayer Texts and Commentaries, 1871-2016

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Book SynopsisRational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. While small, the movement provoked fierce opposition from both Anglicans and Orthodox Dissenters. Rational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. Based on the sole study of the Scriptures and the application of individual reasoning to understanding the word of God, Rational Dissent rejected the role and authority of Anglican priests but also stood apart from Orthodox Dissent in its denial of the Trinity and Original Sin, arguing that these concepts were 'irrational'. While small, the movement provoked fierce opposition from both Anglicans and Orthodox Dissenters. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary published and unpublished sources, this study explores the theology of Rational Dissent in its entirety, arguing that it was considerably more diverse than has previously been acknowledged. Through an examination of lists of subscribers to Rational Dissenting publications and organizations, and of Unitarian libraries and their readers, the book uncovers the movement's less visible adherents, mapping them both socially and geographically. It also explores the impact of vehement attacks by Anglicans and Orthodox Dissenters on the development of a Rational Dissenting identity. Within the context of the struggle for civil and political rights and of the American and French Revolutions, the book establishes that the theology of Rational Dissenters underpinned their political beliefs and concepts of liberty, drove their ideas on the nature of society, and determined the lives and priorities of its lay adherents. The final stage of the book explores the largely Unitarian legacy of Rational Dissent and its theological, cultural and social impact in England post 1800.Trade ReviewBoydell has produced a fine book which is essential reading for all interested in this subject and in its historical context. * CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY MAGAZINE *This is a well-researched and careful study of a significant period in the history of rational and orthodox Dissent. * BAPTIST QUARTERLY *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Primary Sources and the Wider Identity of Rational Dissent Contemporary Perceptions and Identity Theology: the Collective Identity of Rational Dissent Theology and Diversity in Rational Dissenting Identity Theology, Liberty and Perceptions of Church and State Theology, Monarchy, and the Constitution The Evolution of Rational Dissenting Identity The Appeal and Impact of Rational Dissent The Legacy of Late Eighteenth-Century Rational Dissent Continuity and Change in the Unitarian Appeal Conclusions Appendix 1: The Nature of Attacks on Arians and Socinians Appendix 2: Late Eighteenth-Century Subscribers to Rational Dissenting Published Works and Organizations Appendix 3: A Biographical Register of Rational Dissenters Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA new critical edition of Henry VIII's 1526 public letter to Martin Luther, enabling readers to examine how Henry VIII wanted his subjects to regard the German heresiarch. A modern critical edition of Henry VIII's second published work against Martin Luther. This open letter to Luther, printed at the king's command in December 1526, was in reply to a private letter addressed to him by Luther the previous year. Its particular interest lies in the fact that, unlike his better known Assertion of the Seven Sacraments, published five years before, Henry's open letter was released not only in Latin but also in an official Englishtranslation, with a special English preface added by the king for the edification of his subjects. This edition thus enables modern readers to hear what Henry had to say about Luther in his own words, and how he wanted his subjects to regard the German heresiarch. This critical edition is based on a previously unrecognised presentation manuscript which furnishes the earliest surviving text of both letters. In addition, it offers editions and newtranslations of a range of related texts, including Luther's reply to Henry and further contributions to the burgeoning controversy from several of the most prominent Catholic opponents of Luther in Europe. For Henry's letter, like his earlier book, became for a while a European sensation, reprinted in towns and cities from Cologne to Cracow. This fully annotated edition includes a substantial introduction which for the first time tells the full history of Henry's second controversy with Luther, and which sets that story in the broader context of the lengthy and fractious relationship between the two men from the time of Luther's emergence in 1517 until his death in 1546.Table of ContentsIntroduction List of early editions Martin Luther's letter to Henry VIII and Henry VIII's response to Martin Luther Marginalia from the early Latin editions Prologue and epigraph to Pynson's edition Henry VIII's preface to the English translation The Archbishop of Mainz's letter to Henry VIII Hieronymus Emser's preface to his German translation Martin Luther's response to Emser's edition Hieronymus Emser's Confession Peter Quentell's preface to his first Cologne edition Leonard Cox's preface and Stanislaus Hosius's epigraph to the Cracow edition Johannes Eck's preface to the Ingolstadt edition Duke George of Saxony's letter to Henry VIII Ortwin Gratius's preface to the second Cologne edition Johannes Cochlaeus's Admonition to the Reader Johannes Cochlaeus's Brief Discussion of Luther's Response Ortwin Gratius's preface to the variant Cologne edition Johannes Cochlaeus's preface to the variant Cologne edition Clement VII's preface to the Roman edition, with the commendatory verses Johannes Fabri's preface to his Answer to Luther's Response Juan Luis Vives's letter to Henry VIII Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamines how the form and function of the Covenants were shorn of religious implications and repurposed, serving a pluralistic vision of the role of religion in politics and public life. Until now, scholarship on the Covenants has mainly focussed on their role in the conflicts of the 1640s, with discussion of the Covenants after 1660 mostly limited to the context of violent Scottish radicalism. This book moves beyond a rigid focus on Scotland to explore the legacy of the Covenants in England. It examines the discourse surrounding key events in the Restoration period and traces the influence of the Covenants in the context of radical Presbyterianism, and in mainstream debates around politics, church government, and the constitution of the British kingdoms. The Covenants continued to have relevance in two primary respects. Firstly, the Covenants were used as reference points for discussing the competing legacies of the English and Scottish Reformations and the confused issues of church and state that defined the Restoration period. Furthermore, the form of the Covenants as solemn individual subscriptions to a constitutional and religious model, and the political ideas that underpinned them, were emulated by those seeking to resist royal authority during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81, and during the events surrounding the Revolution of 1688. Thus, this book holds particular interest for students of constitutionalism, legal pluralism or civil religion in seventeenth-century Britain, and for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the intellectual origins of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Revolution of 1688-9.Trade Review[A] very detailed academic account of the latter part of the Covenanting period. -- SCOTTISH COVENANTER MEMORIALS ASSOC.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The 1638 National Covenant and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant 2 1660: What was to be Restored? 3 The Act of the Uniformity and the 'Great Ejection' 4 Crisis and Toleration in the 1660s 5 Exclusion and Association in the Late Restoration Period 6 The Revolution of 1688 and the Association of 1696 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA nuanced approach to the role played by clerics at a turbulent time for religious affairs. From the early percolation of Protestant thought in the sixteenth century through to the controversies and upheaval of the civil wars in the seventeenth century, the clergy were at the heart of religious change in Scotland. By exploring their lived experiences, and drawing upon historical, theological, and literary approaches, the essays here paint a fresh and vibrant portrait of ministry during the kingdom's long Reformation. The contributors investigate how clergy, as well as their families and flocks, experienced and negotiated religious, social, and political change; through examination of both wider themes and individual case studies, the chapters emphasise the flexibility of local decision-making and how ministers and their families were enmeshed in parish dynamics, while also highlighting the importance of clerical networks beyond the parish. What emerges is a ministry that, despite the increasing professionalisation of the role, maintained a degree of local autonomy and agency. The volume thus re-focuses attention on the early modern European ministry, offering a multifaceted and historically attuned understanding of those who stood at the forefront of Protestant reform.Trade ReviewThese chapters harvest rich details of the everyday lives of the early modern clergy and their collaboration with their parishioners. [...] The introductory historiography, various approaches, and combined bibliography might make this collection serve as a vade mecum to such future studies of the early modern Scottish Church. -- SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEWSThe book is a significant contribution to our understanding of early modern Scottish religious culture. * CHURCH HISTORY *This collection of essays provides a much-needed update to our understanding of the early modern men who answered the "calling of the ministrie" and the families who often supported them. * Scottish Historical Review *An outstanding and agenda-setting volume that puts the experience of Reformed ministers at the centre of the religious history of early modern Scotland. * New Books Network *This collection provides an invaluable contribution to the field of Scottish Reformation studies ... The contributors to both sections in this volume should be commended for their vast use of source material related to Scottish clergymen, especially those source collections previously ignored or underutilised. -- Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryAs well as adding nuance and depth to our understanding of the Reformed church and its ministers, The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland is also a rallying cry for an increased focus on the human aspects to religion. * The Innes Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chris R. Langley, Catherine E. McMillan and Russell Newton Part I. Themes 1. Exhortations and Expectations: Preaching about the Ideal Minister in Post-Reformation Scotland Michelle D. Brock 2. Ministers and the Bible in Early Modern Scotland Russell Newton 3. The Protestant Clergy and Poor Relief, 1560-1660 John McCallum and Helen Gair 4. Scotland's 'Holy Households': Wives and Children of Reformed ministers Janay Nugent and L. Rae Stauffer 5. Anticlericalism in Early Modern Scotland? Chris R. Langley Part II. Case Studies 6. Pastors in Search of a Congregation: Clerical Calls for Reform Before 1546 Elizabeth Tapscott 7. 'Doctrein' or 'Filthie Speachis'? The St Andrews Ministers and the Politics of the 1590s Michael F. Graham 8. Clerical Culture and Island Logic in Early Modern Orkney Peter Marshall 9. 'Gryt Abuse is Found in this Toune': James Sharpe and Moral Reformation in South Leith, 1639-45 Claire McNulty 10. Pastoral Cares, Covenant, and Courtship in John Dury's Personal Correspondence, 1641-5 Felicity Lyn Maxwell 11. 'Wings of the Soul': Moderating Emotion in the Preaching of Hugh Binning (1627-53) Nathan C. J. Hood Afterword Jane Dawson Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary growth and development of the cult of St Thomas Becket is investigated here, with a particular focus on its material culture. Thomas Becket - the archbishop of Canterbury cut down in his own cathedral just after Christmas 1170 - stands amongst the most renowned royal ministers, churchmen, and saints of the Middle Ages. He inspired the work of medieval writers and artists, and remains a compelling subject for historians today. Yet many of the political, religious, and cultural repercussions of his murder and subsequent canonisation remain to be explored in detail. This book examines the development of the cult and the impact of the legacy of Saint Thomas within the Plantagenet orbit of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - the "Empire" assembled by King Henry II, defended by his son King Richard the Lionheart, and lost by King John. Traditional textual and archival sources, such as miracle collections, charters, and royal and papal letters, are used in conjunction with the material culture inspired by the cult, to emphasise the wide-ranging impact of the murder and of the cult's emergence in the century following the martyrdom. From the archiepiscopal church at Canterbury, to writers and religious houses across the Plantagenet lands, to the courts of Henry II, his children, and the bishops of the Angevin world, individuals and communities adapted and responded to one of the most extraordinary religious phenomena of the age.Trade ReviewA useful collection, well presented, properly indexed, rising above the generally meretricious nature of the genre. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *It will surely be an important resource for future studies, and it prompts many questions about how the cult developed and changed over the longer term, and about how elite engagement with the Becket cult influenced popular engagement. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Outstanding..The volume overall is excellent, and will surely be indispensable to scholars with an interest in Becket as well as saints' cults and elite patronage more generally around the year 1200. * JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE *[T]his volume enriches our understanding of the multiple meanings and diverse uses of Becket's prodigious afterlife. * SPECULUM *This volume will be of interest to scholars of multiple specialities, including history, literature, and art history, along with others. The collection also speaks to regions beyond England and northern France, particularly Spain and Germany. * PARERGON *A lively, thoroughly-researched, and stimulating contribution to an ever-expanding Becket literature. * SEHEPUNKTE *Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Cult of St Thomas Becket: An Historiographical Pilgrimage - Paul Webster Becket is Dead! Long Live St Thomas - Anne J. Duggan The Cult of St Thomas in the Liturgy and Iconography of Christ Church, Canterbury - Marie-Pierre Gelin Thomas Becket and Leprosy in Normandy - Elma Brenner Thomas Becket in the Chronicles - Michael Staunton Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1168-89) and the Cult of Thomas Becket: A Legacy of Appropriation - Colette Bowie Leonor Plantagenet and the Cult of Thomas Becket in Castile - José Manuel Cerda Crown versus Church after Becket: King John, St Thomas, and the Interdict - Paul Webster The St Thomas Becket Windows at Angers and Coutances: Devotion, Subversion, and the Scottish Connection - Alyce A. Jordan

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Book SynopsisProvocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation. Gildas is an essential witness to the Christian culture of the British Isles in the opaque period after the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. His criticisms in De excidio Britanniae of the Britons in the context of spiritual and secular corruption and partition with pagan powers are a crucial source for understanding the transition to the medieval nations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. But the ways in which this enigmatic ecclesiastical figure has been received over the centuries have shaped an ambivalent reputation. On the one hand, he is seen as a significant contributor to ecclesiastical reform; on the other, as a dour and unreliable chronicler lamenting an inevitable spiritual and political decline. This book seeks to refine and recuperate the image of Gildas. It does so by examining his self-image as presented in select surviving works, and subsequent representations as developed by the reception of these works - the legacy of Gildas - by church luminaries such as Columbanus, Gregory the Great, and Bede; in exploring how Gildas influenced perceptions of authority in the British Isles and on the continent, it puts this legacy into a wider context. Overall, the volume argues that as one of the earliest authorities to define and defend Christian kingship Gildas deserves to be seen as a significant contributor to the political and ecclesiastical development of the early medieval West.Trade Review[...] Joyce's study is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Gildas. This volume is well researched, ambitious, and impressively wide in scope. It demonstrates just how much remains to be said of a writer of whose work so little survives. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Narratives for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland 2. Images of Gildas 3. Gildas's De excidio - Authority and the Monastic Ideal 4. Columbanus and Gregory the Great 5. Gildas and the Hibernensis 6. Bede and Gildas Conclusion: The Legacy of Gildas Appendix: De communicatione Gildas Bibliography Index

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The story of the fate of a small Norfolk priory after its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1538 shows how both its medieval and modern history can be recovered by archival and physical research. Burnham Norton Friary, one of the first Carmelite houses founded in England (1242-47), was dissolved in 1538. Its remains comprise the restored gatehouse, west gable of the church rebuilt as a barn, Friary Cottage and an open space which was once the precinct. The post-Dissolution history of monastic sites has generally not been well studied. At Norton, nothing was known of its owners between 1561 and 1914, what relationships, if any, they had, or how they used the site. The fate of the Friary buildings was poorly understood and details of the gatehouse restoration unknown. In this pioneering study, Sally Francis uses both modern archival research and a survey of local houses to recover the history and something of the architecture of the friary. Between 1538 and 1848 the church became a barn and the rest of the site was used as a farmstead. In 1848, its owner restored the gatehouse (1848/9), saving it from dereliction, but cleared away the farm buildings to turn the site into an 'Antiquarian relic.' Studying the post-Dissolution history of the site has been a valuable exercise. It not only allows that phase of the site to be understood, it also illuminates aspects of the site's earlier history, which, given the loss of the Friary's own archives, could not otherwise be studied.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how Æthelwold and those he influenced deployed the promotion of saints to implement religious reform. Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester and his associates were some of the most radical monastic reformers in tenth-century Europe. In two generations, they took over most of the powerful churches in the kingdom of England and implemented a number of the policies found in their ambitious monastic manifestos. They also had a major impact on the early development of the kingdom itself, taking a role in the establishment of a shire system that lasted a thousand years, negotiations with invaders, and attempts to create a standardized English language. Æthelwold and his circle were also enthusiastic venerators of saints. This book examines a range of sources, from hagiographies to charters, from liturgy to archaeological remains, to argue that saints' cults helped these men and women secure their power, wealth, and relationships with groups outside their monasteries. The saints that Æthelwold's circle promoted most lavishly were not necessarily the ones that they studied or the ones that matched their ideological agenda. Rather, Æthelwold's monks and nuns connected themselves to a wide range of saints, including the Virgin Mary, St Swithun, Æthelthryth of Ely, Iudoc, Grimbald, Botulf, Cuthbert, and many others. Venerating these saints helped Æthelwold and his followers appeal to other groups in society, including unreformed ecclesiastics, lay nobles, and the workers on their estates. This book therefore not only has implications for the study of early English history and literature, but also for the history of western European monasticism and saints' cults more generally.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Intellectual Priorities, Individuals, and Intra-Communal Veneration 2. Saints and Property 3. Saints and Unreformed Clerics 4. Saints and Nobles 5. Saints, the Laity, and Sacred Spaces 6. Saints and the Second Generation Conclusion Appendix 1: Saints and Property in Royal Grants, 900-1000 Appendix 2: Members of the Circle Appointed to High Ecclesiastical Offices, 956-1016 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA complete transcription of the Lambeth Library MS 1126. Lambeth Library MS 1126 was compiled, probably in late 1663, on behalf of Gilbert Sheldon, the new archbishop of Canterbury, as a conspectus of the parishes of Canterbury diocese and the archiepiscopal peculiars. A number of entries contain illuminating comments on the religious complexion of the parish, relating to both its incumbents and leading laity, of a type not found elsewhere for the 1660s. Its value for historians is twofold: first, the light it throws on the restoration of the episcopalian Church of England in the early 1660s. Notwithstanding the Act of Uniformity enforced at St Bartholomew's Day 1662, it is abundantly clear from this Catalogue that the Church of England remained divided and unsettled in the parishes, at least in Canterbury diocese. Second, the Catalogue is of interest for the administrative processes it records, as an incoming archbishop, necessarily non-resident, sought to become acquainted with the clergy and prominent laity in the parishes, information which was then updated over the next twenty years. In this respect, the Catalogue adumbrates the more routine and fuller collection of information about the parishes in the eighteenth-century church. A few of the comments in the Catalogue have already been referred to by historians, but this complete transcription has allowed in-depth analysis and concludes that Canterbury diocese must have experienced many more ejections of clergy than has previously been recognized, pointing to a need for more detailed examination of events in other dioceses.Table of ContentsMaps and parish lists in 1663 Canterbury diocese The deanery of Shoreham The deanery of the Arches The deanery of Croydon The deaneries of Pagham and Tarring The deanery of South Malling The deanery of Bocking The deanery of Risborough Number of parishes Exempt parishes List of abbreviations Introduction General description and editorial conventions Transcription Bibliography Biographical index General index

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Book SynopsisThis first complete history of Dr Williams's Trust and Library, deriving from the will of the nonconformist minister Daniel Williams (c.1643-1716) reveals rare examples of private philanthropy and dissenting enterprise. The library contains the fullest collection of material relating to English Protestant Dissent. Opening in the City of London in 1730, it moved to Bloomsbury in the 1860s. Williams and his first trustees had a vision for Protestant Dissent which included maintaining connections with Protestants overseas. The charities espoused by the trust extended that vision by funding an Irish preacher, founding schools in Wales, sending missionaries to native Americans, and giving support to Harvard College. By the mid-eighteenth century, the trustees had embraced unitarian beliefs and had established several charities and enlarged the unique collection of books, manuscripts and portraits known as Dr Williams's Library. The manuscript and rare book collection offers material from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, with strengths in the early modern period, including the papers of Richard Baxter, Roger Morrice, and Owen Stockton. The eighteenth-century archive includes the correspondence of the scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley. The library also holds several collections of importance for women's history and English literature. The story of the trust and library reveals a rare example of private philanthropy over more than three centuries, and a case study in dissenting enterprise. Alan Argent illuminates key themes in the history of nonconformity; the changing status of non-established religions; the voluntary principle; philanthropy; and a lively concern for society as a whole.Trade ReviewDr Williams's Trust and Library is one of the most significant and important dissenting trusts and institutions. This meticulous work of scholarship is therefore to be warmly welcomed, both for its account of the Trust's stewardship and for the mirror that their stewardship offers to over three centuries of British dissent. * CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY MAGAZINE *Table of ContentsPrologue 1 Dr Williams and his Will 2 Benjamin Sheppard, Receiver 1721-31 - Faith, Fitness and Diligence 3 Constructing the Library Building 1725-30 - A Proper Plan 4 Francis Barkstead, Receiver 1731-47 - Piety and Charity 5 John Cooper, Receiver 1748-62 - Liberty and Liberal Dissent 6 Richard Jupp junior, Receiver 1762-95 - A Very Respectable Body 7 Richard Webb Jupp, Receiver 1795-1850, and David Davison, Receiver 1850-57 - Fashionable Sympathies Amid Increasing Light 8 Walter D. Jeremy, Receiver 1857-93 - The Scrupulous Observer 9 Francis H. Jones, Secretary and Librarian 1886-1914 - Introducing Order 10 Robert Travers Herford, Secretary and Librarian 1914-25 - Application and Imagination 11 Stephen Kay Jones, Librarian 1925-46, and Joseph Worthington, Secretary 1925-44 - A New Age with Old Strains 12 Roger Thomas, Secretary 1944-66 and Librarian 1946-66 - Trusted Innovator 13 Kenneth Twinn, Secretary and Librarian 1966-76 - Modest Dependability 14 John Creasey, Librarian, and James McClelland, Secretary, 1977-98 - Mixed Blessings 15 David Wykes, Director 1998-2021 - Past, Present and Future 16 Dr Williams's Trust - An Assessment Appendix 1 Trustees in 1723 Appendix 2 Lists from Short Account (with later additions) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe lives and experiences of Irish women religious highlight how an expanding nexus of female houses perpetuated European Counter-Reformation devotion in Ireland. JOINT WINNER: 2023 National University of Ireland's Publication Prize in Irish History HONORABLE MENTION: 2023 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (USA) Book Awards SHORT-LISTED: Royal Historical Society 2023 Whitfield Book Prize LONG-LISTED: 2023 Reformation Research Consortium (REFORC) Book Award This book investigates the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries on women religious and examines their survival in the following decades, showing how, despite the state's official proscription of vocation living, religious vocation options for women continued in less formal ways. McShane explores the experiences of Irish women who travelled to the Continent in pursuit of formal religious vocational formation, covering both those accommodated in English and European continental convents' and those in the Irish convents established in Spanish Flanders and the Iberian Peninsula. Further, this book discusses the revival of religious establishments for women in Ireland from 1629 and outlines the links between these new convents and the Irish foundations abroad. Overall, this study provides a rich picture of Irish women religious during a period of unprecedented change and upheaval.Trade ReviewHONORABLE MENTION: A fascinating account of the experiences and journeys religious Irish women underwent, both in Ireland and continental Europe. * SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY MODERN WOMEN & GENDER *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Female religious communities and the Henrician suppression campaigns 2. Negotiating religious change: survival and continuity in post-dissolution Ireland 3. 'What difficultie a place is heare gotten for won to enter': Irish women religious in France, and Flanders during the first half of the seventeenth century 4. Irish nuns in Iberia: The Dominican convent of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Lisbon 5. Reintegration and renewal: female religious communities in Ireland, 1629-49 6. Cromwell and the cloister: female religious and the impact of the Cromwellian campaigns, 1649-60 7. Restoration, revival and survival, 1660-1700 Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA lively exploration of the medieval and early modern attitudes towards dance, as the perception of dancers changed from saints dancing after Christ into cows dancing after the devil. WINNER: 2022 Guittard Book Award The devil's cows, impudent camels, or damsels animated by the devil: late medieval and early modern authors used these descriptors and more to talk about dancers, particularly women. Yet, dance was not always considered entirely sinful or connected primarily to women: in some early medieval texts, dancers were exhorted to dance to God, arm-in-arm with their neighbors, and parishes were filled with danced expressions of faith. What led to the transformation of dancers from saints dancing after Christ into cows dancing after the devil? Drawing on the evidence from medieval and early modern sermons, and in particular the narratives of the cursed carolers and the dance of Salome, this book explores these changing understandings of dance as they relate to religion, gender, sin, and community within the English parish. In parishes both before and during the English Reformations, dance played an integral role in creating, maintaining, uniting, or fracturing community. But as theological understandings of sacrilege, sin, and proper worship changed, the meanings of dance and gender shifted as well. Redefining dance had tangible ramifications for the men and women of the parish, as new definitions of what it meant to perform one's gender collided with discourses about holiness and transgression, leading to closer scrutiny and monitoring of the bodies of the faithful.Trade ReviewA fascinating study of ecclesiastical attitudes to dance in pre-modern England * Church Times *Women, Dance and Parish Religion represents a new and welcome contribution within dance historical research, bringing to light a textual archive never before mined for what it tells us about premodern and early modern attitudes toward dance, gender, and religion. * CHURCH HISTORY *References and Appendices are extremely comprehensive and I must commend the use of Old English characters (Thorn and Yogh for instance) in printed excerpts of sermons. This isn't a book for the general reader, but as an academic publication, I would highly recommend it. * FACHRS *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Reforming and Redefining True Religion Chapter 2: Dance and Protecting Sacred Space Chapter 3: Dance and Disrupting Sacred Time Chapter 4: "Satan Danced in the Person of the Damsel" Chapter 5: "In Her Dance She Had No Regard Unto God" Chapter 6: Performing Dance, Sin, and Gender Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDuring a period of tumultuous change in English political, religious and cultural life, music signified the unspeakable presence of the divine in the world for many. What was the role of music in the early modern subject's sensory experience of divinity? While the English intellectuals Peter Sterry (1613-72), Richard Roach (1662-1730), William Stukeley (1687-1765) and David Hartley (1705-57), have not been remembered for their 'musicking', this book explores how the musical reflections of these individuals expressed alternative and often uncustomary conceptions of God, the world, and the human psyche. Music is always potentially present in their discourse, emerging as a crucial form of mediation between states: exoteric and esoteric, material and spiritual, outer and inner, public and private, rational and mystical. Dixon shows how Sterry, Roach, Stukeley and Hartley's shared belief in truly universal salvation was articulated through a language of music, implying a feminising influence that set these male individuals apart from contemporaries who often strictly emphasised the rational-i.e. the supposedly masculine-aspects of religion. Musical discourse, instead, provided a link to a spiritual plane that brought these intellectuals closer to 'ultimate reality'. Theirs was a discourse firmly rooted in the real existence of contemporary musical practices, both in terms of the forms and styles implied in the writings under discussion and the physical circumstances in which these musical genres were created and performed. Through exploring ways in which the idea of music was employed in written transmission of elite ideas, this book challenges conventional classifications of a seventeenth-century 'Scientific Revolution' and an eighteenth-century 'Enlightenment', defending an alternative narrative of continuity and change across a number of scholarly disciplines, from seventeenth-century English intellectual history and theology, to musicology and the social history of music.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Editors' Foreword Acknowledgements Editorial Conventions Abbreviations Introduction Part I Chapter 1 Constructions of Musical Meaning Chapter 2 Lives Chapter 3 The Universities Chapter 4 Urban Cultures Chapter 5 The Impact of Newton Part IIChapter 6 'Divinely Natural Magic'. Enthusiasm and Aesthetics in an Enchanted Universe Chapter 7 'Ancient Harmonie'. Music and the Prisca Theologia Chapter 8 Druids Chapter 9 The Genius of Nature Chapter 10 The Restoration of All Things Editors' Afterword Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow can the concept of nostalgia illuminate the culturally specific ways in which societies understand the contested relationship between the past, present, and future? The word nostalgia was invented in the late seventeenth century to describe the debilitating effects of homesickness. Now widely defined as a sense of longing for a lost past, initially it was more closely linked with dislocation in space. By exploring some of its many textual, visual and musical manifestations in the tumultuous period between c. 1350 and 1800, this volume resists the assumption that nostalgia is a distinctive by-product of modernity. It also forges a fruitful link between three lively areas of current scholarly enquiry: memory, temporality, and emotion. The contributors deploy nostalgia as a tool for investigating perceptions of the passage of time and historical change, unsettling experiences of migration and geographical displacement, and the connections between remembering and forgetting, affect and imagination. Ranging across Europe and the Atlantic world, they examine the moments, sites and communities in which it arose, alongside how it was used to express both criticism and regret about the religious, political, social and cultural upheavals that shaped the early modern world. They approach it as a complex mixed feeling that opens a new window into individual subjectivities and collective mentalities.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Early Modern Nostalgia: Memory, Temporality, and Emotion - Harriet Lyon and Alexandra Walsham Rhetorics of Nostalgia Pastoral Nostalgia in the Long Fourteenth Century - Hannah Skoda 'That Antwerp's Golden Age may return one day': Nostalgia as a Rhetorical Device in the Schoolbooks of a Sixteenth-Century Schoolmaster in Exile - Alisa van de Haar and Theo Lap Figures of Nostalgia Good King Harry? Nostalgia for Henry VIII in Early Modern England - Harriet Lyon Remembering Lot's Wife: The Sin of Nostalgia in the English Atlantic World - Alexandra Walsham Communities of Nostalgia Exiles from England or an England in Exile? Nostalgia, Temporality and Catholic Émigrés from Tudor England - Frederick Smith Memory, Nostalgia, and the Formation of a Greek Migrant Community - Niccolò Fattori Sites of Nostalgia 'This instrument is still there, but no longer functions': Chorography, Nostalgia, and Politics in the Aftermath of the Eighty Years' War - Raingard Esser Family and Nostalgia in the Early Modern Iberian World - Antonio Urquízar-Herrera and Enrique Soria Mesa Sounds of Nostalgia Sung Farewells: Listening for Nostalgia's Futures in the Long Fifteenth Century - Matthew S. Champion 'When this Old Hat was New': Ballads, Nostalgia and Social Change in Early Modern England' - Andy Wood

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Book SynopsisThe interdisciplinary field of economics and religion has come a long way since 2003 when Edward Elgar published the pioneering volume Economics and Religion. The influence of religious ideas on the birth of economics as a discipline and its rise to cultural dominance is now widely recognized. The largely Protestant discussion has been enriched by Roman Catholic contributions stimulated by recent Papal Encyclicals. The economics of religion has now matured into a respectable subfield of economics and articles on religion regularly appear in top economics journals. This original and insightful research review places the most recent contributions in context and will be an invaluable resource for scholars and academics alike. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Paul Oslington, Paul S. Williams and Mary Hirschfeld PART I HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS 1. Dotan Leshem (2014), ‘The Ancient Art of Economics’, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 21 (2), 201–29 2. Constant J. Mews and Ibrahim Abraham (2007), ‘Usury and Just Compensation: Religious and Financial Ethics in Historical Perspective’, Journal of Business Ethics, 72 (1), April, 1–15 3. M. Douglas Meeks (2011), ‘The Peril of Usury in the Christian Tradition’, Interpretation, 65 (2), April, 128–40 4. Peter Harrison (2011), ‘Adam Smith and the History of the Invisible Hand’, Journal of the History of Ideas, 72 (1), January, 29–49 5. Paul Oslington (2012), ‘God and the Market: Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand’, Journal of Business Ethics, 108 (4), July, 429–38 6. Matthew B. Arbo (2014), ‘Theodicy and Commerce’, Studies in Christian Ethics, 27 (2), May, 131–43 7. Paul Oslington (2013), ‘God and Economic Suffering’, CRUX, 49 (3), Fall, 12–19 8. Bradley W. Bateman (2008), ‘2007 Presidential Address: Reflections on the Secularization of American Economics,’ Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 30 (1), March, 1–20 9. Thomas C. Leonard (2011), ‘Religion and Evolution in Progressive Era Political Economy: Adversaries or Allies?’, History of Political Economy, 43 (3), Fall, 429–69 10. Anthony M. C. Waterman (2008), ‘Is “Political Economy” Really a Christian Heresy?’, Faith and Economics, 51, Spring, 31–55 PART II RELIGIOUS ECONOMICS AND ITS CRITICS 11. António Almodovar and Pedro Teixeira (2010), ‘Is There a Catholic Economic Thought? Some Answers from the Past’, in Daniela Fernanda Parisi and Stefano Solari (eds), Humanism and Religion in the History of Economic Thought: Selected Papers from the 10th Aispe Conference, Part II, Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli s.r.l., 125–47 12. Mary Hirschfeld (2014), ‘On the Relationship Between Finite and Infinite Goods, Or: How to Avoid Flattening’, Econ Journal Watch, 11 (2), May, 179–85 13. William McGurn (2002), ‘Pulpit Economics’, First Things, 122, April, 21–5 14. Paul Oslington (2010–2011), ‘Popes and Markets’, Policy, 26 (4), Summer, 31–34A 15. Daniel P. Payne and Christopher Marsh (2009), ‘Sergei Bulgakov’s “Sophic” Economy: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Christian Economics’, Faith and Economics, 53, Spring, 35–51 16. Michael Schluter (2010), ‘Beyond Capitalism: Towards a Relational Economy’, Cambridge Papers, 19 (1), March, 1–4 17. Kathryn Tanner (2004), ‘Economies of Grace’, in William Schweiker and Charles Mathewes (eds), Having: Property and Possession in Religious and Social Life, Part 3, Grand Rapids, MI, USA and Cambridge, UK: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 353–82 18. Miroslav Volf (2010), ‘Hunger for Infinity: Christian Faith and the Dynamics of Economic Progress’, in Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection, Part III, Chapter 6, Grand Rapids, MI, USA and Cambridge, UK: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 151–78 19. A. M. C. Waterman (1991), ‘The Intellectual Context of Rerum Novarum’, Review of Social Economy, Special Issue: Centennial of “Rerum Novarum” and Semicentennial of the Association, 49 (4), Winter, 465–82 20. A. M. C. Waterman (1999), ‘Market Social Order and Christian Organicism in Centesimus Annus’, Journal of Markets and Morality, 2 (2), Fall, 220–33 21. Anthony Waterman (2003), ‘Should We Listen to the Churches When They Speak on Economic Issues?’, Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 10 (3), April, 277–88 22. A. M. C. Waterman (2013), ‘The Relation between Economics and Theology in Caritas in Veritate’, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 6 (2), Autumn, 24–42 23. Rowan Williams (2010), ‘Theology and Economics: Two Different Worlds?’, Anglican Theological Review, 92 (4), Fall, 607–15 24. Amos Yong (2010), ‘Pentecostal Health and Wealth: A Theology of Economics’, in In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology: The Cadbury Lectures 2009, Part II, Chapter 7, Grand Rapids, MI, USA and Cambridge, UK: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 257–315 25. Andrew M. Yuengert (2014), ‘It’s Not Bad to Have Limits, as Long as You Know Them: What the Aristotelian Tradition Can Offer Economics’, Faith and Economics, 64, Fall, 37–54 PART III RELIGION, CAPITALISM AND DEVLOPMENT 26. Peter S. Heslam (2008), ‘The Role of Business in the Fight against Poverty’, in Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (eds), Christian Theology and Market Economics, Part III, Chapter 10, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 164–80 27. Rachel M. McCleary (2007), ‘Salvation, Damnation, and Economic Incentives’, Journal of Contemporary Religion, 22 (1), January, 49–74 28. Deirdre N. McCloskey (2013), ‘Work in the World: An Economist's Sermon’, Faith and Economics, 61, Spring, 66–71 29. Bryant L. Myers (2000), ‘The Church and Transformational Development’, Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies, 17 (2), April, 64–7 30. Nathan Nunn (2010), ‘Religious Conversion in Colonial Africa’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 100 (2), May, 147–52 31. J. David Richardson (2014), ‘Social Entrepreneurship For the Sake of the Kingdom: Why Microeconomics Matters’, Inaugural John Mason Lecture, Gordon College, October 13, 2014, Wenham, MA, USA, 1–11 32. Paul S. Williams (2012), ‘Capitalism, Religion and the Economics of the Biblical Jubilee’, Paper Presented at the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative 10th Annual International Conference, September 2-5, 2012, Oxford, UK, 1–8 33. Robert D. Woodberry (2012), ‘The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy’, American Political Science Review, 106 (2), May, 244–74 PART IV ECONOMICS OF RELIGION 34. Ram A. Cnaan, Tuomi Forrest, Joseph Carlsmith and Kelsey Karsh (2013), ‘If You Do Not Count It, It Does Not Count: A Pilot Study of Valuing Urban Congregations’, Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 10 (1), 3–36 35. Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Robert F. Hébert and Robert D. Tollison (2002), ‘An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation’, Journal of Political Economy, 110 (3), June, 646–71 36. Jonathan Gruber and Daniel M. Hungerman (2008), ‘The Church versus the Mall: What Happens when Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2), May, 831–62 37. Jay C. Hartzell, Christopher A. Parsons and David L. Yermack (2010), ‘Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentive Compensation in the Church’, Journal of Labor Economics, 28 (3), July, 509–39 38. Daniel M. Hungerman (2005), ‘Are Church and State Substitutes? Evidence from the 1996 Welfare Reform’, Journal of Public Economics, 89 (11–12), December, 2245–67 39. Laurence R. Iannaccone (2012), ‘Extremism and the Economics of Religion’, Economic Record, Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 40th Australian Conference of Economists, 88 (S1), June, 110–15 40. Derek Neal (2005), ‘Comments on the Economics of Religion’, Faith and Economics, Symposium: The Economics of Religion, 46, Fall, 10–13 41. Jörg Stolz (2009), ‘Explaining Religiosity: Towards a Unified Theoretical Model’, British Journal of Sociology, 60 (2), June, 345–76 42. Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson and Patricia Snell (2008), ‘Who Gives?’, Christian Century, 125 (20), October, 26–9 PART V ECONOMICS AND BIBLICAL STUDIES 43. John H. Elliott (2008), ‘From Social Description to Social-Scientific Criticism. The History of a Society of Biblical Literature Section 1973–2005’, Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture, 38 (1), February, 26–36 44. Morris Silver (2004), ‘Modern Ancients’, in Robert Rollinger and Christoph Ulf (eds), Commerce and Monetary Systems in the Ancient World: Means of Transmission and Cultural Interaction: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project (Melammu) Held in Innsbruck, Austria, October 3rd–8th 2002, Stuttgart, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag, 65–87 45. Johannes Renger (1994), ‘On Economic Structures in Ancient Mesopotamia: Part One’, Orientalia, 63 (3), 157–208 46. Edd S. Noell (2007), ‘A “Marketless World”? An Examination of Wealth and Exchange in the Gospels and First-Century Palestine’, Journal of Markets and Morality, 10 (1), Spring, 85–114 47. Philip F. Esler (2014), ‘An Outline of Social Identity Theory’, in J. Brian Tucker and Coleman A. Baker (eds), T&T Clark Handbook to Social Identity in the New Testament, Part I, Chapter 2, London, UK and New York, NY, USA: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 13–39 48. Zeba Crook (2009), ‘Honor, Shame, and Social Status Revisited’, Journal of Biblical Literature, 128 (3), Fall, 591–611 49. Deborah Storie and Mark Brett (2009), ‘The Church in the Economy of God’, Zadok Perspectives, 102, Autumn, 5–10 50. Peter Temin (2001), ‘A Market Economy in the Early Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 91, November, 169–81 51. Walter Scheidel and Steven J. Friesen (2009), ‘The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99, November, 61–91 Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the first comprehensive account of the evangelical tradition in the English-speaking world from the end of the nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. It offers fresh perspective on conversionism, the life of faith, reflection on the Bible and theology, and social engagement. These trajectories, through a period of great turbulence in world history, furnished the setting for the deepening diversification of the movement. This led to the fragmentation of the once broad evangelical spectrum into various (and often competing) strands.Trade Reviewthis was a huge and challenging undertaking and Geoff Treloar has carried it off remarkably well -- Malcom Prentis * Church Heritage *If you are at all interested in Protestant history, or if you would like to understand some of the tensions within contemporary (American) evangelicalism, you really need to read this book. * Kouvanet *

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Book SynopsisEvangelical Christians around the world have debated for years the extent to which they should be involved in ministries of social action and concern. In Evangelicals and Social Action Ian J. Shaw offers clarity to these debates by tracing the historical involvement of the evangelical church with issues of social action. Focusing on thinking and practices from John Wesley, one of the architects of eighteenth century evangelicalism, to John Stott’s work in the second half of the twentieth century, he explores whether evangelism and social action really have been intimately related throughout the history of the church as Stott contended. After an overview of Christian social action prior to Wesley, from the early church through to the eighteenth century, Evangelicals and Social Action explores in detail responses from the evangelical church around the world to eighteen key issues of social action and concern – including poverty, racial equality, addiction, children ‘at risk,’ slavery, unemployment, and learning disability – encountered between the 1730s and the 1970s. Drawn from a wide range of contexts, these examples illuminate and clarify how Evangelical Christianity has viewed and been a part of ministries of social action over the last three centuries. With an assessment of the issues raised by this historical survey and its implications for evangelicals in the contemporary world, Evangelicals and Social Action is a book that will help better inform the debates around the evangelical church and social action still happening today. This is a book for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of the history of the evangelical church, and anyone wanting to better understand Christian social action from an evangelical perspective.Trade ReviewExhilarated. Sobered. Hopeful. Those were my emotions as I read this extraordinarily timely book. Indeed, as we seek to respond to a world that serially reels from disasters like Covid-19 and their economic, environmental, emotional, mental, physical, spiritual impacts, Ian Shaw’s compelling survey of evangelical gospel action over two centuries comes to us as an imagination-expanding well of wisdom. ... While this book illuminates times past, I would be very surprised if it does not lead to contemporary action. * Mark Greene, Mission Champion, LICC *Dr Ian Shaw has put the challenge to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ firmly back on the evangelical map. The welfare state and controversies over the ‘social gospel’ have held evangelicals back from their God-given task to be good news as well as preach it. In this book you will find tremendous challenge and inspiration from the lives of everyone from John Wesley to John Stott – almost a ‘who’s who’ of evangelical heroes whose compassion for the poor and downtrodden blazes a trail for us to follow. * Jeremy McQuoid, Chair, Keswick Convention *Ian Shaw’s beautifully written book explores the extensive social impact evangelicals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created in their communities and around the globe as both men and women tackled prison reform, education, housing, employment, medical care and other social concerns. He emphasizes the historical evangelical approach to minister to the whole person, defying social norms that denigrated others. Evangelicals and Social Action is an inspiring call to renew the historical evangelical emphases of conversion and social activism. * Lynn H. Cohick Provost/Dean of Academic Affairs, Northern Seminary, Illinois, USA *This book is an excellent resource for anyone wondering whether evangelical Protestantism can contribute meaningfully to the common good. Using well-crafted case studies, Ian Shaw provides a compelling account of the wide-ranging social impact of holistic ministry by evangelicals around the world. * Jeffrey P. Greenman, President, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada *From slavery to human trafficking, from orphan care to prison reform, Ian Shaw ably shows how evangelicals have been at the heart of the action for more than two hundred years. This thorough examination of Christian social responsibility as it combined with gospel proclamation, demonstrates how such holistic or integral mission is not only supported by Scripture, but has been blessed by God to the advancement of his kingdom.’ * Ian Burness, former General Director, Echoes International *This book brought me to tears, to a place of awesome wonder, and to gratitude to God for the inspiration he has given to men and women of faith to work in front of, and behind the scenes, of society. It is not simply a sweeping historical account of the kindness and grace of evangelicals, it is a substantial work, carefully researched. Ian Shaw illustrates the breadth of social action and political involvement over this period, which changed society. He brings issues to life with character studies and has unearthed new material, even about well-known figures such as Hudson Taylor... Many of the challenges of earlier centuries are still with us. Every Christian should read this book and be proud of their Christian heritage; and then should pray to God that he will raise up men and women of faith and courage such as Lord Shaftesbury and Josephine Butler, for our generation. * Sheila Stephen, Former Chair of the Christian Charity PROSPECTS, UK *This superbly well-researched and engagingly written book brings so many unknown names of evangelical believers into the limelight… The sheer abundance of facts and statistics proves beyond question how evangelical commitment over two centuries saw no dichotomy, but natural and biblical integration, between evangelistic zeal to save sinners and conscientious activism battling against the social and economic evils that sin generates. Those of us who are glad to see such missional integration increasingly re-instated in global evangelicalism (not without resistance) welcome the historic lineage provided by this book. Yet, the underlying evils are with us still. The battle goes on. And this book will encourage those evangelicals today whose calling is to engage in that battle in the power of the cross and living demonstration of the gospel, inspired by such a cloud of witnesses. May their tribe increase. * Chris Wright, Global Ambassador and Ministry Director, Langham Partnership *

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Book SynopsisPutting Jesus in his rightful place. This was the issue which the church at Colossae wrestled with. There was a plethora of other gods and spiritual beings to worship. The city was rife with syncretism: the belief that you can worship Jesus but need to supplement this by turning to other powers and authorities. If you get sick or want your business to flourish, then surely it's expedient to pay allegiance to these other powers and not just Jesus? In Colossae Jesus was eminent. He had status. The fundamental question though was: is he pre-eminent? Yes, Jesus was important, just not all-important; adequate but not totally sufficient for every need. Writing from a prison cell in Rome, Paul warns the new believers of the danger of turning to another Jesus. If they fail to heed his warning, their faith will unravel. The New Testament letter to the Colossians has much to say to us today. It provides challenge, inspiration and a renewed focus to keep on living for Christ in our generation. Is Christ pre-eminent in your life and mine?Trade ReviewBiblical, lively, practical ... A terrific resource for everyone wanting to get to grips with the Bible. -- Alistair Begg * Senior Pastor, Parkside Church, Cleveland, USA *Here is a book that is sound, solid, but also beautifully simple - an exceedingly rare combination. It is Steve at his best, interpreting Paul the apostle at his best. -- Dr R.T. Kendall * writer, speaker and former Pastor of Westminster Chapel, London *

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Book SynopsisChaim Waxman, a prominent sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, is one of the keenest observers of American Jewish society. In illustration of how Orthodoxy is adapting to modernity, he presents a detailed discussion of halakhic developments, particularly regarding women’s greater participation in ritual practices and other areas of communal life. He shows that the direction of change is not uniform: there is both greater stringency and greater leniency, and he discusses the many reasons for this, both in the Jewish community and in the wider society. Relations between the various sectors of American Orthodoxy over the past several decades are also considered.Trade Review'Wonderful..... An invaluable synthesis and a fine analysis of recent developments.'Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University'The book was a pleasure to read, as well as insightful and interesting... The book is very well written – wonder of wonders, a sociology book without jargon!'Professor Menachem Kellner, Chair, Dept of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at Shalem College, Jerusalem'Along with his careful sociological analysis, [Waxman] brings an impeccable knowledge of Jewish history, law, and practice. His writing displays no perceivable bias for or against any denomination or sub-denomination of Judaism. He writes sociology without jargon, and, when necessary, explains fine points of Jewish law so that any reader can understand them.'Martin Lockshin, The Canadian Jewish News'Professor Chaim Waxman, a prominent and highly respected sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, has made a superb assessment of the history, development, and current and future situation of Orthodoxy in his relatively short but comprehensive 178-page book.'Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, Ideals'Lucid and insightful overview... a wonderful guide to the change occurring in both directions and, ultimately, to the battle for the soul of Orthodox Judaism.'Steven Bayme, Director of Contemporary Jewish Life at AJC‘[The] data and demographical research [are] superbly synthesized by Chaim I. Waxman… By providing us with a clear, comprehensive picture of American Orthodoxy’s past and present, Chaim Waxman helps us understand what the future may look like – and what Orthodoxy must do to remain as vibrant then as it is now.’Daniel Ross Goodman, Public Discourse 'One of the most trenchant observers of the American Jewish scene, Professor Chaim I. Waxman, the distinguished sociologist, has written a wide-ranging, engaging and comprehensive analysis that examines changes in conduct as well as halachic behavior in Orthodox Judaism in America, from a social and psychological perspective... a valuable addition to anyone interested in understanding the past, present, and future directions of Orthodox Judaism in America.’ Alan Rosenbaum, Jerusalem Post ‘Chaim Waxman, one of the most renown and astute observers of the Jewish community, has written an excellent work on the social changes and halachic evolution of the American Orthodox community.’ David Tesler, Association of Jewish Libraries'This is a valuable book, and anyone interested in American Jewish studies and halakhic development will gain much from Waxman’s analysis... I highly recommend it.'Marc. B. Shapiro, American Jewish History'Veteran observers will find Waxman’s formulations enlightening and convincing while newcomers to the field will find his descriptions fascinating. This is a wise book that is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand an important American Jewish religious movement.'Shaul Stampfer, Religious Studies Review'A significant and enlightening work... Contrary to popular belief, Waxman found that American Modern Orthodoxy is hardly unchanging.'Alex Grobman, Jewish Link'Students of all varieties of Judaism in the modern world as well as Orthodox Judaism in America are surely indebted to Waxman for Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy. It will enrich the understanding of all who study religious traditionalism in the contemporary setting.'David Ellenson, AJS ReviewTable of ContentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. Group Size, Social Class, Religion, and Politics2. The Contemporary Orthodox Jewish Family in America3. It’s Kosher to be Orthodox in America4. American Orthodoxy Adopts Stringency5. Tensions within Modern Orthodoxy6. Halakhic Change and Meta-Halakhah7. Revival of the BibleConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAlthough Richard Rolle, hermit of Hampole, was perhaps the most influential spiritual author of the later English Middle Ages, the coming of print was not kind to him. Although a large collected Latin Opera appeared in the 1530s, it was scarcely exhaustive, and a number of the texts there included, notably Rolle's Latin Psalter commentary, have not been critically examined since. This volume partially redresses this silence by providing a sequence of four Latin texts that have remained in manuscript. Central to Rolle's oeuvre (and to this volume) is Rolle's meditative reading of the first three verses of The Song of Songs, 'Super Canticum'. Also included are two relatively brief unedited texts, 'Super Magnificat' and 'De vita activa et contemplativa'. In addition, the volume reassesses the universal manuscript ascription to Rolle of 'Viridarium, vel De misericordia Dei'; although the work is here reascribed, there is also an edition of selected passages. Unprinted Latin Writings also includes an introduction, critical and textual, some textual annotation, a description of all those previously undescribed manuscripts used here, and an index of the medieval sources cited.Trade Review‘As can be expected, Hanna’s editorial choices are sound, and his editorial considerations, especially for the Super Canticum, are explained with admirable clarity in the introduction… [a] slim but highly erudite and ambitious volume.’ Greti Dinkova-Bruun, SpeculumTable of ContentsForewordAbbreviated ReferencesIntroductionBibliographyThe Texts:Super Canticum CanticorumSuper MagnificatDe vita activa et contemplativaViridarium, vel De misericordia DeiNotes to the textsAppendix: Manuscripts previously undescribedIndex fontium

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Book SynopsisRichard Whitford’s Dyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes Soule is the last printed work written by a brother of the Brigittine community at Syon Abbey. A vocal opponent of Lutheran reforms and Henry VIII’s agenda to install himself as the head of the Church of England, Richard Whitford was also Syon’s most prolific author. His writing provides pastoral guidance on a range of issues as well as powerful articulations of the value of religious life during the turbulent years preceding the king’s break from the Catholic Church. Published in 1541, Dyuers Holy Instrucyons is also the only Syon text printed after the dissolution of the monasteries. This text thus offers a rare perspective on the concerns of those faithful to the old religion from a religious brother who actively participated in the abbey’s campaign against Lutheran reformers. As with his previous work, Whitford’s Dyuers Holy Instrucyons maintains an openly confrontational stance toward radical reformers while offering instruction to readers on issues that would certainly have been topical for faithful who lived after the 1534 Act of Supremacy—issues focussed on patience, avoiding vice, impediments to spiritual perfection, and detraction. This edition makes this significant work available for the first time to modern readers with crucial discussions of the history and themes of the texts, including the indivisibility of politics and religion in the early years of the Reformation and the crucial role that Syon Abbey played in the textual representation of this period in English history.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONGeneral IntroductionThe Life of Richard WhitfordSyon Community, Lay Piety, and Vernacular Devotional LiteratureMonasticism and the ReformationDyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes SouleThe Boke of PacienceA Worke of Dyuers Impediments and Lettes of PerfectionAn Instruction to auoyde and eschewe vyces and folowe good maners or the Consilia of IsidoreOf Detraction. Chrisostomus homelia terciaExtant Copies of the TextWilliam MiddletonThe Language of the TextEditorial ProceduresTHE TEXTNotes to the TextApparatusGlossaryBibliography

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Book SynopsisExodus is an exceptional Old English poem, written at a time when in the age of Bede Northern England held the intellectual leadership of Europe. It offers a vernacular gateway to the study of early medieval christian poetry. Focussing in dramatic fashion on the crossing of the Red Sea enabling the Israelites to escape captivity in Egypt the poem is stylistically outstanding, showing a use of metaphor and fusion of disparate concepts (such as abstract and concrete, literal and allegorical) unparalleled in Old English poetry. The exodus, the greatest of Old Testament events, is interpreted both within the historical perspective of other Old Testament events (the Deluge and the Offering of Isaac) and within the allegorical perspective of the exodus to the Promised Land seen as the christian's journey through life to the ultimate heavenly home.This book, now in its third edition, aims to make the poem more accessible, and better understood and appreciated than hitherto. A number of changes to the Introduction, Commentary and Glossary, as well as a new Select Bibliography, help to bring the apparatus up to date and draw attention to the many fine contributions to the poem made by other scholars.Trade Review'Displays a wealth of scholarship.' Michael Swanton, Times Educational Supplement 25 Nov 1977'Many first-rate contributions to the study of the poem.' Robert T. Farrell, Review of English Studies 29 (1978)‘A fine piece of work.' J.R. Hall, Year's Work in Old English Studies - 1977 in Old English Newsletter 12 (1978)'It is not too large a claim to say that ultimately . . . English poetic criticism and appreciation as a whole will benefit from Dr Lucas's careful and scholarly work.' D.G. Scragg in Critical Quartely 20 (1978)'In many respects exemplary as an edition of an Old English poem.'D. Jost in Speculum 54 (1979)'Twenty-six years after his second, revised edition of the Old English poem Exodus, Peter J. Lucas supplies a welcome third edition of this important text [...] the edition provides not only an excellent introduction to the text and important aspects of the study of Old English literature in general to the student ‘beginner’ but will remain a staple on any Old English scholar’s bookshelf."Judith Kaup, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und LiteraturenTable of Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction I THE MANUSCRIPT 1. History, Provenance and Origin 2. General Description 3. Sectional Divisions 4. Lay-out and Lacunae 5. The Intended Illustrations 6. Punctuation 7. Scribal Error 8. Compilation 9. The Textual Integrity of Exodus 10. The Corrector's Accents II LANGUAGE III METRE IV STYLE V SOURCES VI THEME VII DATE AND ORIGIN The Text EDITORIAL PROCEDURE EXODUS: Text with textual notes and Commentary Select Bibliography Glossary Glossorial Index of People and Places

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