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New books Books received Oxfora3hircSessionsof the Peace in the reign of Richard II is edited by Elisabeth G. Kimball and was published by the Oxfordshire Record Society in 1983. It is Volume 53 of their publications, issued for the years 1979 and 1980. The documents printed here in their original Latin together with English summaries provided by the editor date from 1387 and 1389-1398. They comprise two short rolls recording proceedings before the justices of the peace in 1387 and 1397-8 and substantial extracts relating to Oxfordshire from a gaol delivery roll for the years 1389-98. Surprisingly, it seems nowhere to be stated in which archive these rolls are preserved; presumably the Public Record Office The book is available at El0 to nonmembers of the Society from the Oxfordshire Record Society, Rodlcian Library, Oxford, England. Lutz Mackcnsen, Die Nibeluagen. Sage, Geschichtc,ihr Lied und scin Dichter, is the first volume of a new series of Schriftcn zur Litcraturund Gcistcsgcschichtc published by Ernst Hauswedcll of Stuttgart. It came out in 1984 at DM 60 and is a general introduction to the complicated and controversial history o? the German national epic, from its earliest origins to modern times. The book is more of a general, personal, essay than a handbook; it is wholly without footnotes and should perhaps be read in conjunction with one
or other of the dozen or so recent German books on Das .h?belungenlicdcited by the author in his very brief book list. Miguel Angel Ladero Quesada, Professor of Medieval History at Madrid, has edited a Spanish translation ofJohn ofSalisbury’s Policralicusundertaken by a team of seven translators. Published in 1984 by Editora National, Madrid, the entire Policraticus has been printed in a single handy near eight-hundred-page volume, including an excellent introduction, costing 2,000 pesetas. This admirable achievement may well be the envy ofothers, outside Spanishspeaking areas. Heinz Thomas’s five-hundred page paperback history of Germany in the late middle ages was published by Verlag K. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, in 1983. The title is DeutschcGeschichtedesSpa”tmittelalters, 1250- 1500. It is a political and constitutional history of the Empire in which a chapter is devoted to each ruler, and which of necessity embraces events in neighbouring parts of Europe too. It has an index and a chapter by chapter bibliography and it provides a well-organised and clearly written narrative of events, not to mention a wealth of information about imperial administrative institutions. This useful book is also nicely printed and well produced.
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or other of the dozen or so recent German books on Das .h?belungenlicdcited by the author in his very brief book list. Miguel Angel Ladero Quesada, Professor of Medieval History at Madrid, has edited a Spanish translation ofJohn ofSalisbury’s Policralicusundertaken by a team of seven translators. Published in 1984 by Editora National, Madrid, the entire Policraticus has been printed in a single handy near eight-hundred-page volume, including an excellent introduction, costing 2,000 pesetas. This admirable achievement may well be the envy ofothers, outside Spanishspeaking areas. Heinz Thomas’s five-hundred page paperback history of Germany in the late middle ages was published by Verlag K. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, in 1983. The title is DeutschcGeschichtedesSpa”tmittelalters, 1250- 1500. It is a political and constitutional history of the Empire in which a chapter is devoted to each ruler, and which of necessity embraces events in neighbouring parts of Europe too. It has an index and a chapter by chapter bibliography and it provides a well-organised and clearly written narrative of events, not to mention a wealth of information about imperial administrative institutions. This useful book is also nicely printed and well produced.
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