+ Critic. 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 150w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 80w.
Gardner, Alice. Theodore of Studium: his life and times. $3. Longmans.
“Miss Gardner presents her present volume as ‘a sketch of a notable man, who lived in notable times,’ as one in whose life ‘were focussed many great historical tendencies which gave their character to the Churches and the civil societies of the Middle Ages.’” (Am. Hist. R.) “The iconoclastic controversy, though its history is much less well-known than that of the great theological controversies which preceded it, is yet, as Miss Gardner points out, of more practical interest to us at the present day; and the other conflict in which Theodore was engaged, that as to the marriage of Constantine, ... was based upon a true moral principle.... After an introductory chapter dealing with the earlier history of iconoclasm we have a detailed narrative of Theodore’s life, followed by an account of his services to hymnology and calligraphy, translations of some of his hymns, a short sketch of the succeeding history to 1057, and a bibliography of Theodore’s works, while the book is embellished by excellent photographs of the remains of the Studite monastery.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
“Miss Gardner is at her best—as is natural in one of her training and associations—in vivid presentation of the history of the time, yet she never fails to perceive its psychological bearing upon the individuality of her subject. In a future edition the author will doubtless correct some errors and omissions in the index, and a few mistakes of facts and nomenclature pardonable in an author not personally acquainted with the Orient.” H. H. Spoer.
+ – Am. Hist. R. 11: 637. Ap. ’06. 1020w.
“Is an attractive narrative, well put together and based upon careful study, especially of Theodore’s own works.” E. W. Brooks.
+ Eng. Hist. R. 21: 352. Ap. ’06. 940w.
“Whether, however, we agree or disagree with Miss Gardner’s estimate of the merits of the controversy, we can be wholly grateful to her for a work which submits the documents to a fresh examination and draws from them an account so lucid, so discreet and readable, of a little-known age.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 192. My. 25, ’06. 1120w.