The series takes its name from the journal, and continues its goal of publishing interdisciplinary scholarship on the intellectual culture and history of Europe from the end of the classical Roman age to the rise of the modern world. In this first volume, scholars of history and literature from Europe, North America, and Australia look at the medieval sermon as a discourse often arising from and speaking to the intellectual forums of the church, university, and court. The topics include the Carthage amphitheater and Augustine's sermons on Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, Bernardino of Siena visualizes the name of god, and the conversion of Mary Magdalene and the musical legacy of Franciscan piety in Early German passion plays. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)