Reviews

Author: 
Harriet Lyon
Reviewer: 
George Bernard

Bernard on Lyon, 'Memory and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Early Modern England'

Harriet Lyon. Memory and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Early Modern England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 300 pp. $99.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-00-902910-0; $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-316-51640-9.

Reviewed by George Bernard (University of Southampton) Published on H-Albion (March, 2023) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Joseph E. Inikori, ed.
Reviewer: 
Douglas M. Peers

Peers on Inikori, 'British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960: Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien'

Joseph E. Inikori, ed. British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960: Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2022. 348 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78327-646-2.

Reviewed by Douglas M. Peers (University of Waterloo) Published on H-Albion (March, 2023) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Paul Sagar
Reviewer: 
Maria Pia Paganelli

Paganelli on Sagar, 'Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics'

Paul Sagar. Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. 248 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-21083-4

Author: 
Catherine F. Patterson
Reviewer: 
Jonathan Barry

Barry on Patterson, 'Urban Government and the Early Stuart State: Provincial Towns, Corporate Liberties, and Royal Authority in England, 1603-1640'

Catherine F. Patterson. Urban Government and the Early Stuart State: Provincial Towns, Corporate Liberties, and Royal Authority in England, 1603-1640. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2022. xi + 312 pp. $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78327-687-5

Author: 
Malcom Gaskill
Reviewer: 
Paul Moyer

Moyer on Gaskill, 'The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World'

Malcom Gaskill. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World. London: Allen Lane (Penguin), 2021. 336 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-593-31657-3

Reviewed by Paul Moyer (SUNY Brockport) Published on H-Albion (February, 2023) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Alex W. Barber
Reviewer: 
John Spurr

Spurr on Barber, 'The Restraint of the Press in England, 1660-1715: The Communication of Sin'

Alex W. Barber. The Restraint of the Press in England, 1660-1715: The Communication of Sin. Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History Series. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2022. 360 pp. $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78327-517-5

Author: 
Eilish Gregory
Reviewer: 
Christopher P. Gillett

Gillett on Gregory, 'Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty'

Eilish Gregory. Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2021. 248 pp. $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78327-594-6.

Reviewed by Christopher P. Gillett (The University of Scranton) Published on H-Albion (November, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Michel Foucault
Reviewer: 
Karmen MacKendrick

MacKendrick on Foucault, 'Confessions of the Flesh: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4'

Michel Foucault. Confessions of the Flesh: The History of Sexuality, Volume 4. Edited by Frederic Gros and translated by Robert Hurley. New York: Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. 416 pp. $32.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5247-4803-6.

Reviewed by Karmen MacKendrick (Le Moyne College) Published on H-Albion (July, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Anthony Milton
Reviewer: 
D. Alan Orr

Orr on Milton, 'England's Second Reformation: The Battle for the Church of England, 1625-1662'

Anthony Milton. England's Second Reformation: The Battle for the Church of England, 1625-1662. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 450 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-1-108-16475-7; $44.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-19645-2.

Reviewed by D. Alan Orr (Maryland Institute College of Art) Published on H-Albion (June, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Rinaldo Fernando Canalis, Massimo Ciavolella, eds.
Reviewer: 
Caitlin Mahaffy

Mahaffy on Canalis and Ciavolella, 'Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature (Cursor Mundi)'

Rinaldo Fernando Canalis, Massimo Ciavolella, eds. Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature (Cursor Mundi). Turnhout: Brepols, 2021. 375 pp. $155.42 (cloth), ISBN 978-2-503-58870-4

Author: 
James Gregory
Reviewer: 
Joanna Bourke

Bourke on Gregory, 'Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960'

James Gregory. Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960. London: Zed Books, 2021. Illustrations. 288 pp. $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-14258-9.

Reviewed by Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London) Published on H-Albion (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

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Author: 
G. W. Bernard
Reviewer: 
Carole Levin

Levin on Bernard, 'Who Ruled Tudor England: Paradoxes of Power'

G. W. Bernard. Who Ruled Tudor England: Paradoxes of Power. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 240 pp. $103.50 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-350-17691-1; $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-17689-8.

Reviewed by Carole Levin (University of Nebraska--Lincoln) Published on H-Albion (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Lee B. Wilson
Reviewer: 
Trevor G. Burnard

Burnard on Wilson, 'Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783'

Lee B. Wilson. Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783. Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 288 pp. $59.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49525-7.

Reviewed by Trevor G. Burnard (University of Hull) Published on H-Albion (March, 2022) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author: 
Matthew Gordon, Richard Kaeuper, Harriet Zurndorfer, eds.
Reviewer: 
Walter Scheidel

Scheidel on Antony and Carroll and Pennock, 'The Cambridge World History of Violence (Volume 3)' and Edwards and Penn and Winter, 'The Cambridge World History of Violence (Volume 4)' and Fagan and Fibiger and Hudson and Trundle, 'The Cambridge ...

Robert Antony, Stuart Carroll, Caroline Dodds Pennock, eds. The Cambridge World History of Violence (Volume 3). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. xv + 716 pp. $147.25 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-11911-6Louise Edwards, Nigel Penn, Jay Winter, eds. The Cambridge World History of Violence (Volume 4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. xiv + 680 pp.

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