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False Dawn

C. HUGH LAWRENCE The Twelfth Century Renaissance Christopher Brooke (Thames & Hudson 35s) Forty-three years ago the American mediaevalist Charles Homer Haskins wrote a book......

Going On Before

John Julius NORWICH A History of the Crusades Vols 1 and 11 general editor: Kenneth M. Setton (Uni- versity of Wisconsin Press 238s) 'Whatever is done well enough is done soon......