Books received

Books received Adamson, Melitta Weiss, Medieval dietetics: food and drink in 'regimen sanitatis' literaturefrom 800 to 1400 (German Studies in Canada, 26), Frankfurt Peter Lang, 1995; paper; pp. 231; R R P US$56.00. Binski, Paul, Medieval death: ritual and representation, London, British Museum Press, 1996; cloth; pp. 224; 11 colour plates, 87 b/w; R R P AU$75.00. Brett, Stephen F., Slavery and the Catholic tradition: rights in the bala (American University Studies Series V, Philosophy, 157), N e w York, Peter Lang, 1994; boards; pp. xi, 237; R R P US$57.00. Burke, Peter, The fortunes of 'The courtier': the European reception of Castiglione's 'Cortegiano', Cambridge, Polity Press, 1995; paper; pp. x,210. Carpenter, Kevin (ed.), Robin Hood: Die vielen gesichter des edlen Raubers/The many faces ofthat celebrated English outlaw, Oldenburg, Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Universitat Oldenburg, 1995; paper; pp. 303; numerous illustrations, some in colour; R R P DM40.00. Cowen, Janet and George Kane (eds), Geoffrey Chaucer, The legend of good women (Medieval Texts and Studies, 16), East Lansing (MI), Colleagues Press, 1995; cloth; pp. xi, 344; R R P US$95.00. Dodsworth, Barbara W., The Area di San Domenico (Intercultural Studies, 2), N e w York, Peter Lang, 1995; boards; pp. 220; 8 plates; R R P US$60.00. Furton, Edward James, A medieval semiotic: reference and representation John of St. Thomas' theory of signs (History and Language, 4), New York, Peter Lang, 1995; boards; pp. 201; R R P $US58.00. Gaudet Minnette and Constance B. Hieatt (ed and trans.), Guillaume de Machaut: The tale ofthe alerion, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1994; cloth; pp. viii, 192; R R P US$60.00, £32.50. Hieatt Constance B., Brenda Hosington and Sharon Butter, Pleyn delit: medieval cookery for modern cooks, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1996, 2nd edition; paper; pp. xxviii, 172; R R P US$17.95, £13.00. Hunt, Maurice, Shakespeare's labored art: stir, work and the late plays (Studies in Shakespeare, 3), N e w York, Peter Lang, 1995; boards; pp. x, 311; R R P US$74.00. 322 Books received Jochens, Jenny, Women in Old Norse society, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1995; cloth; pp. xiii, 266; R R P $US45.95. Krueger, Derek, Symeon the holyfool: Leontius's 'Life' and the late antiq city (Transformation of the Classical Heritage, X X V ) , Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996; cloth; pp. xvi, 196; R R P US$35.00; £28.00. Lynch, Andrew and Philippa Maddem (eds.), Venus and Mars: engendering love and war in medieval and Early Modern Europe, Nedlands (WA), University of Western Australia Press, 1995; paper; pp. 214; 30 illustrations; R R P AU$24.95. McRae, Andrew, God speed the plough: the representation of agrarian England, 1500-1660 (Past and Present Publications), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996; cloth; pp. xv, 335; 13 illustrations; R R P AU$95.00. Meehan, Aidan, Celtic design: the tree oflife, London, Thames and Hudson, 1995; paper; pp. 160; 242 dlustrations; R R P AU$19.95. Robbins, Keith, Canterbury cathedral: pilgrims and tourists—past and present (The St George's Cathedral Lecture, 1), Perth, St George's Cathedral, 1995; paper; pp. 11; 1 plate; R R P AU$5.00. Russell, Daniel, Emblematic structures in Renaissance French culture (University of Toronto Romance Series, 71), Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1995; cloth; pp. xvi, 336; 57 illustrations; R R P US$75.00, £49.00. Scully, D. Eleanor and Terence Scully, Early French cookery: sources, history, original recipes and modern adaptations, with illuminations by J. David Scully, Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1995; cloth; pp. 377; R R P US$29.95. Sheers, Alexander and David Quint trans., Ludovico Ariosto: Cinque canti/ Five cantos, introd. David Quint (Biblioteca Italiana), Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996; paper; pp. x, 349; R R P US$18.00,£13.95. Somerset J. Alan B., Records ofearly English drama: Shropshire, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2 vols, 1994; cloth; pp. 833; R R P US$175.00, £114.00. Stefanotti, Robert, The phoenix ofRennes: the life and poetry ofJohn ofSt. Sansom 1571...