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Medieval The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. I: C. 500-c.700. Edited by Paul Fouracre. (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2005. Pp. xviii, 979. $180.00.)
With the publication of Volume I, the New Cambridge Medieval History is now complete (seven volumes in eight), a decade after publication began with Volume II in 1995. As the editor candidly points out in his preface, there were many delays along the way. Some chapters were submitted as early as 1990 (and had to be updated), while others, for various reasons, were produced more recently. The result is a volume that is a bit uneven, dated in some areas and up to the minute in others, but that overall can be judged a worthy beginning (and conclusion) for the series.
It is instructive to compare the organization of this volume with that of its nearest Cambridge counterparts: Volume XIV...