Professor of History
Advisor, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center
Texas Tech University

 

 

JOHN MCDONALD HOWE

John Howe REVIEWS

Smith, Thomas W., ed. Authority and Power in the Medieval Church, c. 1000–c. 1500. Series: Europa Sacra. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2020.

Nikolaos G. Chrissis, Athina Kolia-Dermitzaki, and Angela Papageorgiou, eds. Byzantium and the West: Perception and Reality (11th-15th c.). New York: Routledge, 2020. In The Medieval Review [on-line]. TMR 21.02.02.

Alfons Becker. Papst Urban II. (1088-1099). Teil 3: Ideen, Institutionen und Praxis eines päpstlichen Regimen Universale.  Monumenta Germaniae Historica Schriften 19(3). Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2012. In The Medieval Review [on-line], TMR 16.01.02.

Emilia Jamroziak and Karen Stöber, eds. Monasteries on the Borders of Medieval Europe: Conflict and Cultural Interaction. Medieval Church Studies 28. Leiden: Brill, 2013. In The Medieval Review [on-line]. TMR 15.01.22.

David Bachrach. Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2012. In De Re Militari Book Reviews. Posted October 29, 2013.

Mary Stroll. Popes and Antipopes: The Politics of Eleventh Century Church Reform. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions. Leiden: Brill, 2012. In The Medieval Review [on-line]. TMR 13.01.02.

Bremmer, Rolf H., Jr., and Kees Dekker, eds.  Practice in Learning: The Transfer of Encyclopaedic Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages.  Storehouses of Wholesome Learning 2.  Mediaevalia Groningana, new series, vol. 16.  Paris / Leuven / Walpole, MA: Peeters, 2010  In The Medieval Review [online] TMR 12.03.11.

John Baldwin. Paris, 1200,  Stanford, CA:  Stanford University Press, 2010.  In The History Teacher 44 (2011): 613-14.

Arnold Angenendt.  Die Gegenwart von Heiligen und Reliquien. Edited by Hubertus Lutterbach.  Münster:  Aschendorff Verlag, 2010.   The Catholic Historical Review 97 (2011): 572-73.

The Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus:  Disciple of Benedict, Apostle to France.  Translated with an introduction by John B. Wickstrom. Cistercian Studies Series 223. Collegeville, MI:  Cistercian Publications, 2008.  In The Catholic Historical Review 95 (2009): 787-88.

Olszewski, Mikolaj editor.  What is Theology in the Middle Ages?  Religious Cultures of Europe (12th to 15th Centuries) as Reflected in Their Self Understanding.  Archa Verba Subsidia 1.  Münster:  Aschendorff Verlag, 2007. Pp. xii and 734. In Theological Studies 70 (2009): 465-67.

Charles Mériaux.  Gallia Irradiata:  Saints et sanctuaires dans le nord de la Gaule du haut Moyen Âge.  Beiträge zur Hagiographie 4.  Stuttgart:  Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006.  Pp. 428.   In Speculum, 83 (2008): 469-70.

Pierre Bauduin, ed.  Les fondations scandinaves en Occident et les débuts du duché de Normandie:  Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle (25-29 septembre 2002). Caen:  Publications du CRAHM, 2005.  In The Medieval Review [online]. TMR 07.03.09.  ISSN 1096-746X.

A Place to Believe In:  Locating Medieval Landscapes.  Edited by Clare A. Lees and Gillian R. Overing.  University Park, Pennsylvania:  The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.  Bryn Mawr Classical Review. BMCR 2006.11.31.

Pietro De Leo, ed. San Bruno di Colonia: Un eremita tra Oriente e Occidente. Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, Comitato nazionale celebrazioni IX Centenario della Morte di San Bruno di Colonia, Secondo Convegno Internazionale, Serra San Bruno, 2-5 ottobre 2002. Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro): Rubbettino, 2004. In The Medieval Review [online]. TMR 06.11.10.

Laurent Feller, Agnès Gramain, and Florence Weber. La Fortune de Karol:  Marché de la terre et liens personnels dans les Abruzzes au haut Moyen Âge. Collection de l’École française de Rome 347. Rome:  École française de Rome, 2005.  In Speculum 82 (2007): 183-84.

François Dolbeau.  Sanctorum societas:  Rėcits latins de saintetė (IIIe-XIIe siècles).  2 vols. Subsidia hagiographica 85.  Brussells: Sociėtė des bollandistes, 2005.  In The Catholic Historical Review 92 (2006): 96-99.

Amatus of Montecassino:  The History of the Normans.  Translated by Prescott N. Dunbar.  Revised by Graham A. Loud.  Woodbridge:  The Boydell Press, 2004.  In The English Historical Review 121 (2006): 268-69.

Jacques Dalarun and Lino Leronardi, eds. Biblioteca Agiografica Italiana (BAI):  Repertorio di testi e manoscritti, secoli XIII-XV.  2 vols., plus CD-ROM and instruction booklet.  (Fondazione Ezio Franceschini and Ėcole française de Rome:  Agiografia e bibbia in lingua italiana [secoli XIII-XV]; Archivio Romanzo 4.)  Florence:  Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2003.  In Speculum 78 (2003): 11372-74.

Charles Radding and Francis Newton. Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1087-1079:  Alberic of Monte Cassino against Berengar of Tours.  New York:  Columbia University Press, 2003.  In Theological Studies 65 (2004):  896.

Ermites de France et d'Italie (XIe-XVe siècle).  Edited by André Vauchez.  Collection de l 'École française de Rome 313.  Rome:  École française de Rome, 2003.  In The Catholic Historical Review 90 (2004): 751-52.

Victor Saxer.  Saint Vincent diacre et martyr:  Culte et légendes avant l'An Mil.  Subsidia Hagiographica 83.  Brussels:  Bollandistes, 2002. In The Catholic Historical Review 80 (2004): 302-03.

The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300. Edited by Martin Carver. York: Medieval Press, University of York; Rochester NY: Boydell Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 588.  In The International History Review 26 (2004): 102-03.

Peter Brown. The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, A.D. 200-1000. Second Edition. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. Pp. x, 625.  H-Net Book Review. Published by H-Catholic (October, 2003).

Adelindo Giuliani. La formazione dell’identità certosina (1084-1155). (Analecta cartusiana 155.) Salzburg: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Universität Salzburg, 2002. Pp. xiii, 201. In Speculum 80 (2004): 230-32.

Guy Philippart, ed., Hagiographies: Histoire internationale de la littérature hagiographique latine et vernaculaire en Occident des origines à 1550, 3. (Corpus Christianorum, Hagiographies 3.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2001. In Speculum 78 (2003): 1372-74.

Timothy Reuter, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History.  Vol. III:  c. 900-c. 1024. Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xxv, 863. In The Medieval Review [online]. TMR 03.01.03.

Christine M. Boeckl. Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology. Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies 52. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press, 2000. xiv + 210 pp. H-Net Book Review. Published by H-Catholic (January, 2002).

La Royauté et les élites dans l’Europe carolingienne (du début du IXe aux environs de 920). Edited by Régine Le Jan. Center d’histoire de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest 17. Lille: Université de Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3, 1998. 530 pp. In Mediaevistik 14 (2001): 313-15.

Inventer l’hérésie? Discours polémiques et pouvoirs avant l’inquisition. Edited by Monique Zerner. Collection du Centre d’études médiévales de Nice 2. Nice: Centre d’études médiévales, 1998, 284 pp. In Francia 28 (2001): 256-57.

Strategies of Distinction: The Construction of Ethnic Communities, 300-800. Edited by Walter Pohl with Helmut Reimitz. The Transformation of the Roman World 2. Leiden: Brill, 1998. In Mediaevistik 13 (2000): 236-38.

The "Carmen de Hastingae Proelio" of Guy Bishop of Amiens. Edited by Frank Barlow. Oxford Medieval Texts. New York and Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. In H-Net Book Reviews [online]. H-Net Book Review. Published by H-Catholic (September, 2000).

The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus,' 1153-69. Edited and translated by Graham A. Loud and Thomas Wiedemann. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1998. In The Medieval Review [online]. TMR 99.08.14.

Kathleen G. Cushing. Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Reform: The Canonistic Work of Anselm of Lucca. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. In The Medieval Review [online]. TMR 99.08.08.

The Sixth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand. Edited by Richard Hodges and William Bowden. The Transformation of the Roman World 3. Leiden / Boston / Cologne: Brill, 1998. In Mediaevistik 13 (2000): 242-43.

Volker de Vry. Liborius: Brückenbauer Europas: Die mittelalterlichen Viten und Translationsberichte. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 1997. In The Catholic Historical Review 75 (1999): 280-81.

Barbara Abou-El-Haj. The Medieval Cult of Saints: Formations and Transformations. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. In The Catholic Historical Review 72 (1996): 524-25.

Luigi Canetti. Gloriosa Civitas: Culto dei santi e società cittadina a Piacenza nel Medioevo. Cristianesimo antico e medievale 4. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 1993. In Francia 23 (1996): 276-77.

Michael Hicks. Bastard Feudalism. London and New York: Longman, 1995. In The History Teacher 29 (1995): 543-44.

Paolo Tomea. Tradizione apostolica e coscienza cittadina a Milano nel medioevo: La leggenda di san Barnaba. Bibliotheca Erudita Studi e documenti di storia a filologia 2. Milan: Vita e Pensiero, 1993. In Speculum 70 (1995): 435-36.

Geoffrey Koziol. Begging Pardon and Favor: Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992. In Religious Studies Review 21 (1995): 56-57.

Ienje van't Spijker. Als door een speciaal stempel: Traditie en vernieuwing in heiligenlevens uit Noordwest-Frankrijk (1050-1150). Middeleeuwse studies en bronnen 23. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 1990. In Speculum 69 (1994): 266-67.

Antonella degl'Innocenti. L'Opera agiografica di Marbodo di Rennes. Biblioteca di Medioevo Latino 3. Spoleto: Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo, 1990. In Speculum 69 (1994): 127-28.

Miri Rubin. Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. In Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 358.

Constance Brittain Bouchard. Holy Entrepreneurs: Cistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twelfth-Century Burgundy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991. In Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 171.

Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe. Edited by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Timea Szell. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press, 1991. In The Catholic Historical Review 78 (1992): 277-78

Susan J. Ridyard. The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: A Study of West Saxon and East Anglian Cults. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser., 9. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. In The Catholic Historical Review 76 (1990): 338-39.

Dominique Iogna-Pratt. "Agni Immaculati": Recherches sur les sources hagiographiques relatives à Saint Maieul de Cluny. Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1988. In The Catholic Historical Review 75 (1989): 481-82.

Sally N. Vaughn. Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan: The Innocence of the Dove and the Wisdom of the Serpent. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. In Religious Studies Review 14 (1988): 257.

Caroline Walker Bynum. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1987. In The Catholic Historical Review 74 (1988): 456-58.

Alain Boureau. La Legende dorée: Le systeme narratif de Jacques de Voragine (+ 1298). Paris: Editions du Cerf, 1984. In The Catholic Historical Review 73 (1987): 326-27.

Rudolph Bell. Holy Anorexia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. In The Catholic Historical Review 73 (1987): 109-10.

Klaus Herbers. Der Jacobuskult des 12. Jahrhunderts und der "Liber Sancti Jacobi": Studien über das Verhältnis zwischen Religion und Gesellschaft im hohen Mittelalter. By Historische Forschungen 7. Wiesbaden: FranzSteiner Verlag, 1984. In Speculum 61 (1986): 934-36.

Il processo per la canonizzazion di S. Nicola da Tolentino. Edited by Nicola Occhioni. Collection de l'École française de Rome 74. Rome: Padri Agostiniani di Tolentino and École française de Rome, 1984. In Speculum 61 (1986): 975-77.

La Santità imitabile: "Leggenda di Maria da Venezia" di Tommaso da Siena. Edited by Fernanda Sorelli. Miscellanea di studi e memorie 23. Venice: Deputazione di storia patria per le Venezie, 1984. In Speculum 61 (1986): 1035-36.

Trevor Rowley. The Norman Heritage, 1066-1200. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. In The History Teacher 18 (1984): 142-43.

A. D. Wright. The Counter-Reformation: Catholic Europe and the Non-Christian World. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. In The History Teacher 17 (1984): 296-97.

Mircea Eliade. A History of Religious Ideas. Vol. 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. In The History Teacher 16 (1983): 302-03.

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