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The first attempt by ordinary lay people - merchants, scriveners, craftsmen - to write their own history, and its effect on the growth and development of London.

The range of women's work and its contribution to the family economy studied here for the first time.

First study of the Dark Age comitatus, or warband, drawing evidence from literary and historical sources.

An exploration of the subject of Afro-Germans, which, in recent years has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for providing insight into contemporary Germany's transformation into a multicultural society.Since the Middle Ages, Africans have lived in Germany as slaves and scholars, guest workers and refugees. After Germany became a unified nation in 1871, it acquired several African colonies but lost them after World War I. Children born of German mothers and African fathers during the French occupation of Germany were persecuted by the Nazis. After World War II, many children were born to African American GIs stationed in Germany and German mothers. Today there are 500,000 Afro-Germans in Germany out of a population of 80 million. Nevertheless, German society still sees them as "e;foreigners,"e; assuming they are either African or African American but never German. In recent years, the subject of Afro-Germans has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for several reasons. Looking at Afro-Germans allows us to see another dimension of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ideas of race that led to the Holocaust. Furthermore, the experience of Afro-Germans provides insight into contemporary Germany's transformation, willing or not, into a multicultural society. The volume breaks new ground not onlyby addressing the topic of Afro-Germans but also by combining scholars from many disciplines. Patricia Mazon is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Reinhild Steingrover is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.

Most Old English literature was translated or adapted from Latin: what was translated, and when, reflects cultural development and the increasing respectability of English.

John Donne discussed as an original religious thinker, drawing on his extant sermons for evidence of his personal theology.

English devotional poets of 17c set in a wider European and Catholic context.

Studies of varied aspects of Robin Hood legends and associated topics: the greenwood, archery, outlawry, and 20c response to the legends.

Covers the production of Hartmann von Aue (fl 1180-1203), a figure of importance in the history of medieval German literature.

The Templars' and Hospitallers' daily business of recruitment, fund-raising, farming, shipping and communal life explored alongside their commitment to crusading.

College-university relationships, the role of examinations, the politics of curriculum: papers amplify the picture of developments in Cambridge during the century.

Medieval miracle stories from a major pilgrim destination in 12c France.

Impressive... for many readers of these papers their cumulative effect will be very great indeed... Admirable collaborative volume. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Specialists explore the influence of twelfth-centuryDurham, in ecclesiastical affairs, Border politics, architecture, art, and religious and literary culture.

An examination of the Scottish kingdom's historic links with Ireland, and the beginnings of a Scottish national identity from c. 1290.

Works of early Irish authors include a strong biblical component, but indicate that independent thought is accepted.

The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. To the magic and stargazing of Egypt the Greeks added numerology, geometry and rational thought. By the time Ptolemy wrote his textbook the "Tetrabiblos", the main lines of astrological practice had already been laid down.

Volume offering a guide to and reassessment of Thomas Mann's famous novel.

The concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as realised in architecture and literature, especially Pearl.

A modern English version of the Middle English text of Birgitta's Revelations made at the Birgittine Syon Abbey in England, in which the scribes extracted their favourite episodes from the longer Latin version.

Cranmer's career set within the intellectual and theological context of 16c England.

First ever detailed study of lost medieval shrines in English cathedrals.

An account of the life and achievements of St Birgitta of Sweden, one of the most charismatic figures in the late medieval mystical tradition, founder of the Bridgettine order.

Primary sources for the Hundred Years War present the realities of the medieval experience of warfare in England and in France.

Treatment of and reference to the Song of Songs by a variety of authors including Spenser and Milton.

First edition of important but problematic Anglo-Saxon text, with much to say about how later Anglo-Saxon writers used earlier materials.

Required reading for everyone wishing to learn about or research in the field of Wycliffite and Lollard studies. RICHARD REX, QUEENS' COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Historical, theoretical and analytical studies of principally 19-20c topics, reflecting current musical research.

An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages.

A critical survey of Viennese treatises on harmony and their influence on the work of a number of 18th to 20th century composers.

An investigation of the public image of women as presented in contemporary drama.