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Volume 60 - Issue 2 - April 2021

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PRE-1800

Book Review

Rosamond Faith. The Moral Economy of the Countryside: Anglo-Saxon to Anglo-Norman England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 244. $27.99 (paper).
Stephen Mileson
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09 April 2021, pp. 447-449
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Ben Guy, Georgia Henley, Owain Wyn Jones, and Rebecca Thomas , eds. The Chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March: New Contexts, Studies, and Texts. Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe 31. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020. Pp. 455. $104.00 (cloth).
Lindy Brady
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09 April 2021, pp. 449-450
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Ofer Hadass. Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England: Richard Napier's Medical Practice. Magic in History. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018. Pp. 232. $89.95 (cloth).
Joanne Edge
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09 April 2021, pp. 450-452
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Ivan Lupić. Subjects of Advice: Drama and Counsel from More to Shakespeare. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 260. $59.95 (cloth).
Julia Reinhard Lupton
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09 April 2021, pp. 452-453
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Brian Mac Cuarta , ed. Henry Piers's Continental Travels, 1595–1598. Camden Fifth Series 54. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. 250. $79.99 (cloth).
John McCafferty
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09 April 2021, pp. 453-455
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee. Literary Value and Social Identity in the Canterbury Tales. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. 296. $99.99 (cloth).
Laura L. Howes
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09 April 2021, pp. 455-456
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Lindsey R. Moore. Women before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600–1800. Gender in History. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019. Pp. 184. $120.00 (cloth).
Kirsten E. Wood
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09 April 2021, pp. 456-458
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Chris Mounsey. Sight Correction: Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. 330. $79.50 (cloth).
David M. Turner
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09 April 2021, pp. 458-459
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Su Fang Ng. Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia: Peripheral Empires in the Global Renaissance. Classical Presences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 432. $125.00 (cloth).
K. R. Moore
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09 April 2021, pp. 459-461
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Michal Oron. Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor? The Eighteenth-Century Ba'al Shem of London. Translated by Edward Levin. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. London: Liverpool University Press. 2020. Pp. 336. $59.50 (cloth).
Achsah Guibbory
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09 April 2021, pp. 461-463
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Joanne Paul. Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought. Ideas in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 244. $99.99 (cloth).
Mark Goldie
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09 April 2021, pp. 463-465
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Mark S. Quintanilla, ed. An Irishman's Life on the Caribbean Island of St Vincent, 1787–90: The Letter Book of Attorney General Michael Keane. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2019. Pp. 202. $65.00 (cloth).
S. D. Smith
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09 April 2021, pp. 465-466
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Bess Rhodes. Riches and Reform: Ecclesiastical Wealth in St Andrews, c.1520–1580. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History 15. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. 220. $119.00 (cloth).
Miles Kerr-Peterson
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09 April 2021, pp. 466-468
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Susan Royal. Lollards in the English Reformation: History, Radicalism, and John Foxe. Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. Pp. 296. $120.00 (cloth).
Matthew Phillpott
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09 April 2021, pp. 468-469
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Benjamin A. Saltzman. Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 360. $79.95 (cloth).
Philippa Byrne
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09 April 2021, pp. 470-471
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Len Smith. Private Madhouses in England, 1640–1815: Commercialised Care for the Insane. Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 323. $89.99 (cloth).
Hilary Marland
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09 April 2021, pp. 471-473
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Jonas van Tol. Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560–1572. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History 12. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. 284. $150.00 (cloth).
David Scott Gehring
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09 April 2021, pp. 473-474
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Christine Walker. Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire. Williamsburg: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, 2020. Pp. 336. $90.00 (cloth).
Hannah Young
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09 April 2021, pp. 475-476
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Jane Whitaker. Gardens for Gloriana: Wealth, Splendour and Design in the Elizabethan Garden. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pp. 336. $27.00 (cloth).
Jan Woudstra
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09 April 2021, pp. 476-477
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POST-1800

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Timothy Bowman, William Butler, and Michael Wheatley. The Disparity of Sacrifice: Irish Recruitment to the British Armed Forces, 1914–1918. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020. Pp. 312. $120.00 (cloth).
Emmanuel Destenay
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09 April 2021, pp. 478-479
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Rosamond Faith. The Moral Economy of the Countryside: Anglo-Saxon to Anglo-Norman England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 244. $27.99 (paper).

Ben Guy, Georgia Henley, Owain Wyn Jones, and Rebecca Thomas , eds. The Chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March: New Contexts, Studies, and Texts. Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe 31. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020. Pp. 455. $104.00 (cloth).

Ofer Hadass. Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England: Richard Napier's Medical Practice. Magic in History. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018. Pp. 232. $89.95 (cloth).

Ivan Lupić. Subjects of Advice: Drama and Counsel from More to Shakespeare. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 260. $59.95 (cloth).

Brian Mac Cuarta , ed. Henry Piers's Continental Travels, 1595–1598. Camden Fifth Series 54. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. 250. $79.99 (cloth).

Robert J. Meyer-Lee. Literary Value and Social Identity in the Canterbury Tales. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. 296. $99.99 (cloth).

Lindsey R. Moore. Women before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600–1800. Gender in History. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019. Pp. 184. $120.00 (cloth).

Chris Mounsey. Sight Correction: Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. 330. $79.50 (cloth).

Su Fang Ng. Alexander the Great from Britain to Southeast Asia: Peripheral Empires in the Global Renaissance. Classical Presences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. 432. $125.00 (cloth).

Michal Oron. Rabbi, Mystic, or Impostor? The Eighteenth-Century Ba'al Shem of London. Translated by Edward Levin. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. London: Liverpool University Press. 2020. Pp. 336. $59.50 (cloth).

Joanne Paul. Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought. Ideas in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 244. $99.99 (cloth).

Mark S. Quintanilla, ed. An Irishman's Life on the Caribbean Island of St Vincent, 1787–90: The Letter Book of Attorney General Michael Keane. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2019. Pp. 202. $65.00 (cloth).

Bess Rhodes. Riches and Reform: Ecclesiastical Wealth in St Andrews, c.1520–1580. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History 15. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. 220. $119.00 (cloth).

Susan Royal. Lollards in the English Reformation: History, Radicalism, and John Foxe. Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. Pp. 296. $120.00 (cloth).

Benjamin A. Saltzman. Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 360. $79.95 (cloth).

Len Smith. Private Madhouses in England, 1640–1815: Commercialised Care for the Insane. Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 323. $89.99 (cloth).

Jonas van Tol. Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560–1572. St Andrews Studies in Reformation History 12. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. 284. $150.00 (cloth).

Christine Walker. Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire. Williamsburg: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, 2020. Pp. 336. $90.00 (cloth).

Jane Whitaker. Gardens for Gloriana: Wealth, Splendour and Design in the Elizabethan Garden. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pp. 336. $27.00 (cloth).

POST-1800

Book Review

Timothy Bowman, William Butler, and Michael Wheatley. The Disparity of Sacrifice: Irish Recruitment to the British Armed Forces, 1914–1918. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020. Pp. 312. $120.00 (cloth).

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