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Niklaus R. Schweizer, His Hawaiian Excellency, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1987, $54.00. 267 Pp., David Beck
Niklaus R. Schweizer, His Hawaiian Excellency, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1987, $54.00. 267 Pp., David Beck
Swiss American Historical Society Review
As historical fiction, His Hawaiian Excellency cannot be judged wholly as history nor as fiction. The author himself faced different problems than a historian normally does in creating his work. Therefore, different questions must be asked, when judging the success of this work, than would be asked if it were a more standard historical piece. Most important among these are whether the work accurately represents the sources, and whether the author tells a good story. In addition, the author's purposes must be taken into account: are these successfully met? Schweizer sets out to "shed some light on a colorful and …
Review Essay: Warren Treadgold, The Byzantine Revival: 780-842, W. L. T. Adams
Review Essay: Warren Treadgold, The Byzantine Revival: 780-842, W. L. T. Adams
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Warren Treadgold, The Byzantine Revival: 780-842, Stanford University Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Jeorg O. Fichte, Ed., Chaucer's Frame Tales: The Physical And The Metaphysical, Sigmund Eisner
Review Essay: Jeorg O. Fichte, Ed., Chaucer's Frame Tales: The Physical And The Metaphysical, Sigmund Eisner
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Joerg O. Fichte, ed., Chaucer's Frame Tales: The Physical and Metaphysical, Tübinger Beiträge zur Anglistik 9, D. S. Brewer, 1987.
Review Essay: Edward Grant And John E. Murdock, Eds., Mathematics And Its Applications To Science And Natural Philosophy In The Middle Ages: Essays In Honor Of Marshall Clagett, Harvey W. Becher
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Edward Grant and John E. Murdock, eds., Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Marshall Clagett, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Review Essay: Douglas Gray, Ed., The Collected Papers Of Nevill Coghill: Shakespearean And Medievalist, Paul R. Thomas
Review Essay: Douglas Gray, Ed., The Collected Papers Of Nevill Coghill: Shakespearean And Medievalist, Paul R. Thomas
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Douglas Gray, ed., The Collected Papers of Nevill Coghill: Shakespearean and Medievalist, St. Martin's Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Martin Ingram, Church Courts, Sex And Marriage In England, 1570-1640, Wm. Kent Hackmann
Review Essay: Martin Ingram, Church Courts, Sex And Marriage In England, 1570-1640, Wm. Kent Hackmann
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Martin Ingram, Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Book Review: "Paul And The Torah" By Lloyd Gaston, Vincent L. Wimbush
Book Review: "Paul And The Torah" By Lloyd Gaston, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Paul and the Torah is the mature work of a well-known Canadian (Vancouver) biblical scholar in an important area of religious scholarship. The book is a collection of previously published essays having to do with Paul and his teachings regarding the relationship between the Jewish law and the Gentile Christianity of which he was pioneer. The essays, written over a period of at least a decade and arranged in chronological order, are remarkable for their coherence and consistency, and are a tribute to the author's powerful grasp and clear articulation of the materials and some very knotty issues and questions. …
Review Essay: Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds Of Early Christianity, Wilson G. Baroody
Review Essay: Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds Of Early Christianity, Wilson G. Baroody
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Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Erdman's Publishing Co., 1987.
Review Essay: Charles M. Radding, The Origins Of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia And Bologna, 850-1150, J. B. Owens
Review Essay: Charles M. Radding, The Origins Of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia And Bologna, 850-1150, J. B. Owens
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Charles M. Radding, The Origins of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia and Bologna, 850-1150, Yale University Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Investiture Controversy: Church And Monarchy From The Ninth And Twelfth Century, Glenn W. Olsen
Review Essay: Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Investiture Controversy: Church And Monarchy From The Ninth And Twelfth Century, Glenn W. Olsen
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Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Peter W. Edbury And John Gordon Rowe, William Of Tyre: Historian Of The Latin East, Harry Rosenberg
Review Essay: Peter W. Edbury And John Gordon Rowe, William Of Tyre: Historian Of The Latin East, Harry Rosenberg
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Peter W. Edbury and John Gordon Rowe, William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Peter V. Davies And Angus J. Kennedy, Eds. Rewards And Punishments In The Arthurian Romance And Lyric Poetry Of Medieval France, Alexandra Hennessey Olsen
Review Essay: Peter V. Davies And Angus J. Kennedy, Eds. Rewards And Punishments In The Arthurian Romance And Lyric Poetry Of Medieval France, Alexandra Hennessey Olsen
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Peter V. Davies and Angus J. Kennedy, eds., Rewards and Punishments in the Arthurian Romance and Lyric Poetry of Medieval France, Boydell & Brewer, 1987.
Review Essay: J. D. Pickles And J. L. Dawson, Eds., A Concordance To John Gower's "Confessio Amantis", Katharine S. Gittes
Review Essay: J. D. Pickles And J. L. Dawson, Eds., A Concordance To John Gower's "Confessio Amantis", Katharine S. Gittes
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J. D. Pickles and J. L. Dawson, eds., A Concordance to John Gower's "Confessio amantis," D. S. Brewer, 1987.
Review Essay: Kathryn L. Lynch, The High Medieval Dream Vision: Poetry, Philosophy, And Literary Form, Lois Roney
Review Essay: Kathryn L. Lynch, The High Medieval Dream Vision: Poetry, Philosophy, And Literary Form, Lois Roney
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Kathryn L. Lynch, The High Medieval Dream Vision: Poetry, Philosophy, and Literary Form, Stanford University Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Julia Boffey, Manuscripts Of English Courtly Lyrics In The Later Middle Ages, Carol J. Harvey
Review Essay: Julia Boffey, Manuscripts Of English Courtly Lyrics In The Later Middle Ages, Carol J. Harvey
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Julia Boffey, Manuscripts of English Courtly Lyrics in the Later Middle Ages, Boydell & Brewer, 1987.
Review Essay: Mary Erler And Maryanne Kowaleski, Eds., Women And Power In The Middle Ages, Joan M. West
Review Essay: Mary Erler And Maryanne Kowaleski, Eds., Women And Power In The Middle Ages, Joan M. West
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Mary Erler and Maryanne Kowaleski, eds., Women and Power in the Middle Ages, University of Georgia Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Christopher Harper-Bill And Ruth Harvey, Eds., The Ideals And Practice Of Medieval Knighthood: Papers From The First And Second Strawberry Hill Conferences, Kenneth G. Madison
Review Essay: Christopher Harper-Bill And Ruth Harvey, Eds., The Ideals And Practice Of Medieval Knighthood: Papers From The First And Second Strawberry Hill Conferences, Kenneth G. Madison
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Christopher Harper-Bill and Ruth Harvey, eds., The Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood: Papers from the First and Second Strawberry Hill Conferences, Boydell Press, 1986.
Review Essay: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Before Columbus: Exploration And Colonization From The Mediterranean To The Atlantic, 1229-1492, De Lamar Jensen
Review Essay: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Before Columbus: Exploration And Colonization From The Mediterranean To The Atlantic, 1229-1492, De Lamar Jensen
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Before Columbus: Exploration and Colonization from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Madison U. Sowell, Italian Renaissance Books, 1478-1587: 100 Examples From The Harold B. Lee Library Collections, Ilona Klein
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Madison U. Sowell, Italian Renaissance Books, 1478-1587: 100 Examples from the Harold B. Lee Library Collections, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1988.
Review Essay: Narasingha P. Sil, William, Lord Herbert Of Pembroke (C. 1507-1570), Politique And Patriot, F. Jeffrey Platt
Review Essay: Narasingha P. Sil, William, Lord Herbert Of Pembroke (C. 1507-1570), Politique And Patriot, F. Jeffrey Platt
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Narasingha P. Sil, William, Lord Herbert of Pembroke (c. 1507-1570), Politique and Patriot, Edwin Mellen Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Leonard Tennenhouse, Power On Display: The Politics Of Shakespeare's Genres, Peggy Muñoz Simonds
Review Essay: Leonard Tennenhouse, Power On Display: The Politics Of Shakespeare's Genres, Peggy Muñoz Simonds
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Leonaard Tennenhouse, Power on Display: The Politics of Shakespeare's Genres, Methuen, 1986.
Review Essay: Derek Cohen, Shakespearean Motives, Peggy Muñoz Simonds
Review Essay: Derek Cohen, Shakespearean Motives, Peggy Muñoz Simonds
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Derek Cohen, Shakespearean Motives, St. Martin's Press, 1988.
Review Essay: Robert Dan, Ed., De Falsa Et Vera Unius Dei Patris, Filii Et Spiritus Sancti Cognitioone Libri Duo, Janine Marie Idziak
Review Essay: Robert Dan, Ed., De Falsa Et Vera Unius Dei Patris, Filii Et Spiritus Sancti Cognitioone Libri Duo, Janine Marie Idziak
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Robert Dan, ed., De falsa et vera unius Dei Patris, Filii et Spiritus Sancti cognitione libri duo, Biblioteca Unitariorum, 1988.