Anglo-Norman Studies XIV

This volume is a pleasant surprise. Under Dr Chibnall's direction, the conference has returned to a clearer focus, and many of these papers explicitly respond to or build upon previous ones...this anthology is unusual in its overall quality, especially in its challenges to our preconceptions. I recommend all of the articles to Anglo-Normanists.

• "Belrem", Arnold J. Taylor (Allen Brown Memorial Lecture); the charters of David I, G.W.S. Barrow; "in neutro latere" - the armed neutrality of Ranulf II, Earl of Chester, in King Stephen's reign, Paul Dalton; hypotheses sur la fortification de Rouen au onzieme siecle - le donjon, la tour de Richard II et l'enceinte de Guillaume, Bernard Gauthiez; Anglo-Scandanavian equestrian equipment in 11th-century England, James Graham-Campbell; financing Stephen's ward, Judith Green; dispute settlement in Anglo-Norman England, Edmund King; Adela of Blois and Ivo of Chartres - piety, politics and the peace in the diocese of Chartres, Kimberley Loprete; the Anglo-Norman family - size and structure, John S. Moore; the author of the "Margam Annals" - early 13th-century Margam Abbey's compleat scribe, Robert B. Patterson; bookland, folklore and fiefs, Susan Reynolds; patrons and polyglots - French literature in 12th-century England, Ian Short; the expansion of the power and influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II, Heather J. Tanner; the endowment and military obligations of the See of London - a reassessment of three sources, Pamela Taylor; the fraternity of Rochester Cathedral Priory about 1100, H. Tsurshima.