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Volume 61 - Issue 4 - October 2022

Journal of British Studies Volume 61 - Issue 4 -

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PRE-1800

Book Review

Simon Jarrett. Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day. London: Reaktion Books, 2020. Pp. 352. $35.00 (cloth).
Joyce L. Huff
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20 December 2022, pp. 1020-1021
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Jordan Kirk. Medieval Nonsense: Signifying Nothing in Fourteenth-Century England. Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. New York: Fordham University Press, 2021. Pp. 187. $30.00 (paper).
Tim William Machan
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20 December 2022, pp. 1022-1023
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William Kynan-Wilson and John Munns, eds. Henry of Blois: New Interpretations. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2021. Pp. 289. $99.00 (cloth).
Michael Staunton
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20 December 2022, pp. 1023-1024
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Nicholas McDowell. Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 502. $35.00 (cloth).
Catherine Gimelli Martin
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20 December 2022, pp. 1024-1026
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Nicholas Morton. The Crusader States Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099–1187. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 320. $80.00 (cloth).
Ann E. Zimo
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20 December 2022, pp. 1026-1028
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Lucy R. Nicholas and Ceri Law, eds. Roger Ascham and His Sixteenth-Century World. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 356. $179.00 (cloth).
Jonathan McGovern
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20 December 2022, pp. 1028-1030
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Krijn Pansters, ed. A Companion to Medieval Rules and Customaries. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 93. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 438. $283.00 (cloth).
Marc Saurette
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20 December 2022, pp. 1030-1031
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Timothy Schroder. “A Marvel to Behold”: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2020. Pp. 398. $80.00 (cloth).
Tatiana C. String
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20 December 2022, pp. 1031-1032
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Charity Scott-Stokes and Alan Lumb, eds. Sir Francis Drake (1723–1794): Letters from the Country, Letters from the City. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, n.s., 62. Boydell Press, 2019. Pp. 332. $50.00 (paper).
Susan Whyman
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20 December 2022, pp. 1033-1034
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Myra Seaman. Objects of Affection: The Book and the Household in Late Medieval England. Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021. Pp. 296. $120.00 (cloth).
Wendy A. Matlock
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20 December 2022, pp. 1034-1036
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Peadar Slattery. Social Life in Pre-Reformation Dublin, 1450–1540. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2019. Pp 298. $65.00 (cloth).
Colm Lennon
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20 December 2022, pp. 1036-1037
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Hugh M. Thomas. Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199–1216. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 283. $100.00 (cloth).
Sean McGlynn
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20 December 2022, pp. 1037-1039
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Louise Tingle. Chaucer's Queens: Royal Women, Intercession, and Patronage in England, 1328–1394. Queenship and Power. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 239. $109.99 (cloth).
Michele Seah
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20 December 2022, pp. 1039-1040
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Philippa Turner and Jane Hawkes, eds. The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c. 800–c. 1500. Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2020. Pp. 248. $99.00 (cloth).
Shirin Fozi
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20 December 2022, pp. 1040-1042
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Andrew Wallace. The Presence of Rome in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Texts, Artefacts and Beliefs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 350. $99.99 (cloth).
Jacqueline M. Burek
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20 December 2022, pp. 1042-1044
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Thijs Weststeijn, ed. Foreign Devils and Philosophers: Cultural Encounters between the Chinese, the Dutch, and Other Europeans, 1590–1800. East and West: Culture, Diplomacy, and Interactions 6. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 376. $212.00.
Eric Platt
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20 December 2022, pp. 1044-1045
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Kerri Andrews. Wanderers: A History of Women Walking. London: Reaktion Books, 2020. Pp. 304. $20.00 (cloth).
Pam Perkins
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20 December 2022, pp. 1046-1047
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Jennifer Aston and Catherine Bishop, eds. Female Entrepreneurs in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Global Perspective. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 504. $132.99 (cloth).
Amy M. Froide
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20 December 2022, pp. 1048-1050
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Duncan Bell. Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 488. $39.95 (cloth).
Peter Morgan
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20 December 2022, pp. 1050-1052
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Deirdre F. Brady. Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers’ Club (1933–1958). Liverpool English Texts and Studies 87. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021. Pp. 152. $130.00 (cloth).
Heather Ingman
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20 December 2022, pp. 1052-1053
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PRE-1800

Book Review

Simon Jarrett. Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day. London: Reaktion Books, 2020. Pp. 352. $35.00 (cloth).

Jordan Kirk. Medieval Nonsense: Signifying Nothing in Fourteenth-Century England. Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. New York: Fordham University Press, 2021. Pp. 187. $30.00 (paper).

William Kynan-Wilson and John Munns, eds. Henry of Blois: New Interpretations. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2021. Pp. 289. $99.00 (cloth).

Nicholas McDowell. Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 502. $35.00 (cloth).

Nicholas Morton. The Crusader States Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099–1187. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 320. $80.00 (cloth).

Lucy R. Nicholas and Ceri Law, eds. Roger Ascham and His Sixteenth-Century World. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 356. $179.00 (cloth).

Krijn Pansters, ed. A Companion to Medieval Rules and Customaries. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 93. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 438. $283.00 (cloth).

Timothy Schroder. “A Marvel to Behold”: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2020. Pp. 398. $80.00 (cloth).

Charity Scott-Stokes and Alan Lumb, eds. Sir Francis Drake (1723–1794): Letters from the Country, Letters from the City. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, n.s., 62. Boydell Press, 2019. Pp. 332. $50.00 (paper).

Myra Seaman. Objects of Affection: The Book and the Household in Late Medieval England. Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021. Pp. 296. $120.00 (cloth).

Peadar Slattery. Social Life in Pre-Reformation Dublin, 1450–1540. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2019. Pp 298. $65.00 (cloth).

Hugh M. Thomas. Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199–1216. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 283. $100.00 (cloth).

Louise Tingle. Chaucer's Queens: Royal Women, Intercession, and Patronage in England, 1328–1394. Queenship and Power. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 239. $109.99 (cloth).

Philippa Turner and Jane Hawkes, eds. The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c. 800–c. 1500. Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2020. Pp. 248. $99.00 (cloth).

Andrew Wallace. The Presence of Rome in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Texts, Artefacts and Beliefs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 350. $99.99 (cloth).

Thijs Weststeijn, ed. Foreign Devils and Philosophers: Cultural Encounters between the Chinese, the Dutch, and Other Europeans, 1590–1800. East and West: Culture, Diplomacy, and Interactions 6. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. 376. $212.00.

POST-1800

Book Review

Kerri Andrews. Wanderers: A History of Women Walking. London: Reaktion Books, 2020. Pp. 304. $20.00 (cloth).

Jennifer Aston and Catherine Bishop, eds. Female Entrepreneurs in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Global Perspective. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 504. $132.99 (cloth).

Duncan Bell. Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Pp. 488. $39.95 (cloth).

Deirdre F. Brady. Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers’ Club (1933–1958). Liverpool English Texts and Studies 87. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021. Pp. 152. $130.00 (cloth).

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