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This reappraisal of The Formation of a Persecuting Society (1987) argues that R. I. Moore's book fundamentally reshaped how medievalists think about the repression of heresy and of various "others" in medieval society. It notes also, however, that the book has often been misread as an exemplar of "Foucauldian gloom" and as representing medieval Christianity as a dominating, repressive authority. In fact Moore's project was directed much more toward the courtly clerics involved in governance than "the Church" as such, and his project, inspired by the social theory of Mary Douglas and Max Weber, was to think about how persecution functioned socially and politically. Subsequent work on medieval heresy, leprosy, and the Jews has altered some of the landscape originally covered by Formation, but without obviating its core inquiry. But there are some key questions left unanswered by Moore's original analysis, and it is argued that a more truly Foucauldian approach to medieval repression might now allow us to build a more variegated and complex picture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Missions and Unity: Lessons from History 1792-2010" by Norman E. Thomas.

The article reviews the book "Disputed Truth, Memoirs II," by Hans Kung and translated by John Bowden.

The article reviews the book "The Church of England in the Twentieth Century, The Church Commissioners and the Politics of Reform 1948-1998," by Andrew Chandler.

The article reviews several books on history including "Writing History: Theory and Practice," edited by Stephan Berger, Heiko Feldner and Kevin Passmore, "On the Future of History: The Postmodern Challenge and its Aftermath," by Ernst Breisach and "Empiricism and History," by Stephen Davies.

Reviews the book "Reconfiguring History: New Thoughts on an Old Discipline," by Keith Jenkins.

Boods reviewed: Gerd Althoff, Inszenierte Herrschaft. Geschichtsschreibung und politisches Handeln im Mittelalter. R. Bartlett (ed.), Geoffrey of Burton, Life and Miracles of St Modwenna. Brian Croke, Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle. Dawn M. Hadley and Julian D. Richards (eds), Cultures in Contact: Scandinavian Settlement in England in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. Dominique Iogna-Prat. Translated by Graham Robert Edwards, Order and Exclusion: Cluny and Christendom Face Heresy, Judaism, and Islam (1000–1150). Ludger Körntgen, Königsherrschaft und Gottes Gnade: Zu Kontext und Funktion sakraler Vorstellungen in Historiographie und Bildzeugnissen der ottonisch-frühsalischen Zeit. Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200. Hugh Magennis (ed.), The Old English Life of Saint Mary of Egypt: An Edition of the Old English text with Modern English Parallel-Text Translation. Lionel Mary and Michel Sot (eds), Le discours d’éloge entre Antiquité et Moyen Age. ‘Textes Images et Monuments de I’Antiquité au Haut Moyen Age’. Université Paris X Nanterre CNRS. Stephen C. McCluskey, Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe. Clare A. Lees and Gillian R. Overing, Double Agents: Women and Clerical Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Walter Pohl. Stuttgart, Die Völkerwanderung: Eroberung und Integration. Adriaan Verhulst, The Carolingian Economy. Duncan Wu (ed.), Old and Middle English Poetry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Relics and Remains: Past and Present Supplement," volume 5, edited by Alexandra Walsham is presented.

The article reviews the book "Walter Frere: Scholar, Monk, Bishop" edited by Benjamin Gordon-Taylor and Nicolas Stebbing.

The article reviews the book "The Theft of History," by Jack Goody.

The article reviews the book "A Century of British Medieval Studies," edited by Alan Deyermond.

The article reviews the book "History in the Comic Mode: Medieval Communities and the Matter of Person," edited by Rachel Fulton and Bruce W. Holsinger.

The article reviews the book "Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages," by Dyan Elliott.

The article reviews the book "Heresy in Medieval France: Dualism in Aquitaine and the Agenais, 1000-1249," by Claire Taylor.

Reviews the book "The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and Its Aftermath," translated by W.A. Sibly and M.D. Sibly.

A review of the book "Poverty, Heresy and the Apocalypse: The Order of Apostles and Social Change in Medieval Italy, 1260-1307 Poverty," by Jerry B. Pierce is presented.

A review of the book "The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe," by R.I. Moore is presented.

The article reviews the books "Hobart Town," by Peter Bolger and "Brisbane in the 1890s: A Study of Australian Urban Society," by Ronald Lawson.

The article reviews the book "University of Melbourne Book Industry Study 2009," by Jenny Lee, Mark Davis and Leslyn Thompson.

The article reviews the book "Doubt in an Age of Faith: Uncertainty in the Long Twelfth Century" by Sabina Flanagan.

The article reviews the book "The Crisis of the Twelfth Century: Power, Lordship and the Origins of European Government," by Thomas N. Bisson.

Reviews the book "European Unity in Ecumenical Thinking, 1937-1948," by Jurjen Zeilstra.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Women in a Medieval Heretical Sect: Agens and Huguette the Waldensians,' by Shulamith Shahar.

Reviews the book "Conceptual Foundations of Management Accounting," by Ahmed Belkaoui.

A review of the book "Inquisitors & Heretics in 13th-Century Languedoc: Edition & Translation of Toulouse Inquisition Depositions 1273-1282," edited by Peter Biller, Caterina Bruschi, and Shelagh Sneddon, volume 147 in the book series entitled "Studies in the History of Christian Traditions," is presented.

The article presents a review of the book "L'hérétique imaginé: Hétérodoxie et iconographie dans l'Occident médiéval, de l'époque carolingienne à l'Inquisition," Collection d'études médiévales de Nice, number 10, by Alessia Trivellone.

The article reviews the book "Landscape With Two Saints: How Genovefa of Paris and Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe," by Lisa M. Bitel.

The article reviews the book "The Media Handbook: A Complete Guide to Advertising Media Selection, Planning, Research, and Buying," 2nd edition, by Helen Katz.

Reviews the book "The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought," by Peter Biller.

Reviews the book "Medieval Worlds: A Sourcebook," first ed., edited by Roberta Anderson and Dominic Aidan Bellenger.

Reviews the book 'The New Cambridge Medieval History: Vol. 5 c. 1198-c. 1300,' edited by David Abulafia.

The article reviews the book "Australian Parliamentary Handbook," produced by the Australian Government Publishing Service.