Reviews And Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPADE. By Geoffrey Bibby ROM UND RHODOS. By Hatto H. Schmitt. (Miinchener Beitrage zur Papyrus‐forschung und antiken Rechtsgeschichte, Heft 40.) MEDIEVAL THE BYZANTINE WORLD. By J. M. Hussey A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE. By R. H. C. Davis CATHEDRAL AND CRUSADE. STUDIES OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH, 1050–1350. By H. DanieURops: translated by John Warrington THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY: A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. By Sir Frank Stenton (General Editor), Simone Bertrand, George Wingfield Digby, Charles H. Gibbs‐Smith, Sir James Mann, John L. Nevison, F. Wormwald CURIA REGIS ROLLS, 9 TO io HENRY in, Vol. XII. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. CALENDAR OF KENT FEET OF FINES TO THE END OF HENRY Ill's REIGN. Prepared by Irene J. Churchill, R. Griffin and F. W. Hardman, with an Introduction by F. W. Jessup CARTULARY OF THE PRIORY OF ST. GREGORY, CANTERBURY (Camden 3rd Series, lxxxviii). Edited by Audrey M. Woodcock STUDIES ON THE POPULATION OF MEDIEVAL LONDON. By E. Ekwall. Stockholm University of Southampton THE THOUGHT AND CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. An anthology of Tudor Prose, 1481–1555. Edited by Elizabeth M. Nugent. Cambridge University Press. 1956. xix + 703 pp. 37s. 6d. THE ELIZABETHANS. Edited by Allardyce Nicoll WHITOIFT AND THE ENOLISH CHURGH. By V. J. K. Brook. London: ‘Teach Yourself History’ Series THE WEALTH OF FIVE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FAMILIES, 1540–1640. By Mary E. Finch THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTION AND THE FEUDAL LAW. By J. G. A. PoCOck THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY. By K. G. Davies In PROFIT AND POWER. A STUDY OF ENGLAND AND THE DUTCH WARS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREASURY, 1660–1702. By S. B. Baxter WHITE KENNETT, 1660–1728, BISHOPOF PETERBOROUGH. By G. V. Bennett LATER MODERN A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMANY. By Sir John K. Dunlop. HISTORY OF GERMANY FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT DAY. By Minna R. Falk THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN PUBLIC MIND. A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GERMAN POLITICAL SENTIMENTS AND IDEAS. THE MIDDLE AGES THE REFORMATION. By Frederick Hertz. THE FRENCH NATION FROM NAPOLEON TO PETAIN. by D. W. BrOgan. EDGAR O_UINET: A STUDY IN FRENCH PATRIOTISM. By Richard Howard Powers. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BARON HAUSSMANN. By J. M. and Brian Chapman. WATERLOO TO PETERLOO. By R. J. White THE WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1803–1810. By Piers Mackesy PARNELL AND HIS PARTY 1880–90. By C. Cruise O'Brien THE ORIGINS OF THE WAR OF 1914, vol iii. By Luigi Albertini, translated and edited by Isabella M. Massey L'EPOQUE CONTEMPORAINE: A LA RECHERCHE D'UNE CIVILISATION NOUVELLE. By Maurice Crouzet. Tome 7 et dernier de VHistoire Ginerale des Civilisations. THE EOBA AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS, 1842–1872. By Saburi O. Biobaku. THE BRITISH IN MOMBASA, 1824–1826. By Sir John Gray. ANGOLA IN PERSPECTIVE. ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT IN PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA. By F. Clement C. Egerton. THE NATIVE POLICIES OF STAMFORD RAFFLES IN JAVA AND SUMATRA: AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION. By John Bastin THE COLEBROOKE‐CAMERON PAPERS: DOCUMENTS ON BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY IN CEYLON 1796–1833. Selected and edited by G. C. Mendis. GENERAL THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND: WILTSHIRE, Vol. V. Edited by R. B. Pugh and Elizabeth Crittall THE ENGLISH WOMAN IN HISTORY. By Doris Mary Stenton