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Volume 21 (1)

The Art of Anglo-Saxon England. By Catherine E. Karkov. Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture. Woodbridge: Boydell. 2011. viii + 326 pp. 82 b/w figures + 12 colour plates. £45. Nicholas A. Sparks, vol. 21 (1): 103-105
Economia e Mercato nel Mezzogiorno Longobardo (secc. VIII–IX). By Alessandro Di Muro. Società Salernitana di Storia Patria, Nuovi Quaderni Salernitani 1. Salerno: Laveglia & Carlone. 2009. 179 pp. €12. ISBN 978 88 88773 90 2. Valerie Ramseyer, vol. 21 (1): 105-106
I Longobardi del Sud. Edited by Giuseppe Roma . Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider Editore. 2010. x + 491 pp. €140. ISBN 978 887689 252 3. Thomas Granier, vol. 21 (1): 107-108
An Age of Saints? Power, Conflict and Dissent in Early Medieval Christianity. Edited by Peter Sarris, Matthew Dal Santo and Phil Booth. Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages 20. Leiden: Brill. 2011. xv + 223 pp. €99.00. ISSN 1878 4879. Edward M. Schoolman, vol. 21 (1): 108-111
Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons. By Philip A. Shaw. Studies in Early Medieval History. London: Bristol Classical Press. 2011. 160 pp. ISBN 9780715637975. J.W. Clay, vol. 21 (1): 111-112
Essays on the Early Irish King Tales. Edited by Dan M. Wiley . Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2008. pp. 224. €55. ISBN 9781846820458. Alex Woolf, vol. 21 (1): 112-114

Volume 20 (4)

Review article: Power and politics in medieval history, c.850–c.1170 Björn Weiler, vol. 20 (4): 0-0
Editorial Antonio Sennis, vol. 20 (4): 379-379
Patrons of Rome: the cult of Sts Peter and Paul at court and in the city in the fourth and fifth centuries Alan Thacker, vol. 20 (4): 380-406
The scripts of the Prague Sacramentary, Prague Archivo O 83 Rosamond McKitterick, vol. 20 (4): 407-427
Forests, parks, palaces, and the power of place in early medieval kingship David Rollason, vol. 20 (4): 428-429
The Merovingians from the French Revolution to the Third Republic Edward James, vol. 20 (4): 450-471
Three Political Voices from the Age of Justinian. Agapetus, Advice to the Emperor; Dialogue on Political Science; Paul the Silentiary, Description of Hagia Sophia. Translated with notes and an Introduction by Peter N. Bell. Translated Texts for Histori Tim Greenwood, vol. 20 (4): 472-474
Rome across Time and Space. Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas, c.500–1400. Edited by Claudia Bolgia , Rosamond McKitterick and John Osborne . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011. 372 pp. + 39 b/w illus., 2 maps, 2 tables. ISBN 9 Caroline Goodson, vol. 20 (4): 474-476
Violence in Medieval Europe. By Warren C. Brown . The Medieval World. London: Longman/Pearson Education Limited. 2011. xv + 328 pp. £22.99. ISBN 978 1 4058 1164 4. James E. Fraser, vol. 20 (4): 477-478
The Emergence of the Bohemian State. By Petr Charvát. Leiden and Boston: Brill. 2010. xviii + 239 pp. + 49 b/w figures + 8 colour figures. $154. ISBN 978 90 04 18009 3; ISSN 1872-8103. Ivo Štefan, vol. 20 (4): 479-481
Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880–1010: Pathways of Power. By Jonathan Jarrett . Woodbridge: A Royal Historical Society publication published by The Boydell Press. 2010. xii + 208 pp. ISBN 978 0 86193 309 9. Cullen Chandler, vol. 20 (4): 481-483
Coptic Legal Documents. Law as Vernacular Text and Experience in Late Antique Egypt. Translated by Leslie MacCoull. Turnhout: Arizona State and Brepols Publishers. 2009. xxxiv + 214 pp. $ 103.95. ISBN 978 2 503 53380 3. Petra Sijpesteijn, vol. 20 (4): 483-485
Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish World 690–900. By James. T. Palmer . Turnhout: Brepols. 2009. x + 324 pp. €70. ISBN 978 2 503 51911 1. Paul Fouracre, vol. 20 (4): 485-487
The Munich Computus: Text and Translation. Irish Computistics between Isidore of Seville and the Venerable Bede and its Reception in Carolingian Times. By Immo Warntjes . Sudhoffs Archiv 59. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 2010. xcvi + 402 pp. + 11 b/w George House, vol. 20 (4): 487-489
Adomnán of Iona: Theologian, Lawmaker, Peacemaker. Edited by Jonathan M. Wooding with Rodney Aist , Thomas Owen Clancy and Thomas O'Loughlin . Dublin: Four Courts. 2010. 335 pp. £45. ISBN 978 1 84682 102 8. Alex Woolf, vol. 20 (4): 489-490
Index of reviews for Volume 20 vol. 20 (4): 491-494

Volume 20 (3)

The long-haired kings of the Franks: ‘like so many Samsons?’1 ERIK GOOSMANN, vol. 20 (3): 233-259
Law and order in the age of Theoderic the Great (c.493–526) SEAN LAFFERTY, vol. 20 (3): 260-290
Kings, crisis and coinage reforms in the mid-eighth century RORY NAISMITH, vol. 20 (3): 291-332
Can silence speak volumes? Widukind's Res Gestae Saxonicae and the coronation of Otto I reconsidered STEVEN ROBBIE, vol. 20 (3): 333-362
Vita Communis: The Common Life of the Secular Clergy – By Jerome Bertram JULIA BARROW, vol. 20 (3): 363-364
An Empire of Memory: The Legend of Charlemagne, the Franks, and Jerusalem Before the First Crusade – By Matthew Gabriele JAMES T. PALMER, vol. 20 (3): 365-366
Karl der Große – By Wilfried Hartmann JINTY NELSON, vol. 20 (3): 366-369
Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland – Edited by Gavin Lucas CHRIS CALLOW, vol. 20 (3): 369-371
Tiempos oscuros? Territorios y Sociedad en el Centro de la Península Ibérica (siglos VII–X) – Edited by Iñaki Martín Viso JULIO ESCALONA, vol. 20 (3): 371-373
John Skylitzes. A Synopsis of Byzantine History 811–1059 – Translated by John Wortley CATHERINE HOLMES, vol. 20 (3): 373-375
Sustaining Belief: The Church of Worcester from c.870 to c.1100 – By Francesca Tinti DAVID ROLLASON, vol. 20 (3): 375-377

Volume 20 (2)

Editorial notice ANTONIO SENNIS, vol. 20 (2): 0-0
Rogatrix atque donatrix: the silver cover of the Berta Evangeliary (Vatican, S. Maria in Via Lata, MS. I 45) and the patronage of art by women in early medieval Rome MARIA LAURA MARCHIORI, vol. 20 (2): 111-138
Coercion, vengeance, feud and accommodation: homicide in medieval Iceland HUGH FIRTH, vol. 20 (2): 139-175
The bishop and the monk: Desiderius of Vienne and the Columbanian movement YANIV FOX, vol. 20 (2): 176-194
Review article: Kinship and religion in the early Middle Ages DAVID D'AVRAY, vol. 20 (2): 195-212
Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 2: New Perspectives – Edited by Tony Abramson SIMON COUPLAND, vol. 20 (2): 213-214
Aldhelm and Sherborne. Essays to Celebrate the Founding of the Bishopric – Edited by Katherine Barkerwith Nicholas Brooks MARY FRANCES GIANDREA, vol. 20 (2): 215-216

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