Annual volume of recent research on all aspects of the Norman World. Papers on English and Norman history from the early eleventh to the early thirteenth centuries: castles and monasteries, ecclesiastical administration and missionary activity, attitudes of the aristocracy, Domesday and Textus Roffensis

No single recent enterprise has done more to enlarge and deepen our understanding of one of the most critical periods in English history. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL Anglo-Norman Studies, published annually and containing the papers presented at the Battle conference founded by R. Allen Brown, is established as the single most important publication in the field (as a glance at bibliographies of the period will confirm), covering not only matters relating to pre- and post-Conquest England and France, but also the activities and influences of the Normans on the wider European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern stage. Among other subjects, this year's articles look at Norman architecture and its place in north-west European art; shipping and trade between England and the Continent; Dudo of St Quentin; and castles and garrisons.

Have you ever wondered what life might be like in Heaven, how people live, what they do? Have you ever thought about the actual process of entering Heaven or what fate awaits those not allowed in? Read a breathtaking and powerful story about Heaven in Mason's Link. Mason's Link is a novel about the discovery by one man, George Mason, of a Link which can be used to communicate with a departed loved one; a discovery considered by the Powers in Heaven to be the most important event in Christendom since the Resurrection. Follow George as he tests the Link, then, as he struggles with a love triangle involving his deceased first wife, Katherine, and his current wife, Dana, as they all migrate to Heaven. Read how George faces an unexpected fate and his transgressions following his own death when he is tested for worthiness to enter Heaven. Bill Andrews started his writing career after he retired in 2003. Prior to that time, his writing was done for the benefit of corporate executives in the various financial management roles he held throughout his 40 year career. He is a CPA, holds a BS Degree in Business and an MBA Degree, both from Mississippi State University. After a career that saw him located in Birmingham, Chicago, Little Rock, and Memphis, he finally settled back into his hometown of Columbus, Mississippi with his wife, Marilynn. They are parents to three children, all married, away from home and off the payroll. His main enjoyments are golf, genealogy, writing and grandchildren of which he and Marilynn have four.so far. Mason's Link is his second novel. His first book, The Road from Caledonia to Canisy, chronicled his Father's journey through World War II. Feedback on Mason's Link can be sent to [email protected].

In the period between the 1920s and 1940s, a genre emerged in Chinese literature that would reveal crucial contradictions in Chinese culture that still exist today. At a time of intense political conflict, Chinese women began to write autobiography, a genre that focused on personal identity and self-exploration rather than the national, collective identity that the country was championing. "
When "I" Was Born: Women's Autobiography in Modern China" reclaims the voices of these particular writers, voices that have been misinterpreted and overlooked for decades. Tracing women writers as they move from autobiographical fiction, often self-revelatory and personal, to explicit autobiographies that focused on women's roles in public life, Jing M. Wang reveals the factors that propelled this literary movement, the roles that liberal translators and their renditions of Western life stories played, and the way in which these women writers redefined writing and gender in the stories they told. But Wang reveals another story as well: the evolving history and identity of women in modern Chinese society. "When "I" Was Born "adds to a growing body of important work in Chinese history and culture, women's studies, and autobiography in a global context.
Writers discussed include Xie Bingying, Zhang Ailing, Yu Yinzi, Fei Pu, Lu Meiyen, Feng Heyi, Ye Qian, Bai Wei, Shi Wen, Fan Xiulin, Su Xuelin, and Lu Yin.