"Saltzman's book is impressive in its range, compelling in its argument, and significant in its contribution. It will undoubtedly remain a touchstone for scholarship on early medieval notions of agency, interiority, and legal identity for a long time to come." (Speculum) "Equal parts conceptual history and literary criticism, Bonds of Secrecy is an ambitious work. Weaving together a dazzling array of sources and scholarship, [ Saltzman] interrogates the ethics of secrecy in a society bound by an omniscient God... In approaching the phenomenon of secrecy in early medieval England as a tabula rasa, Saltzman forces us to confront our own preconceived notions of secrecy and to reevaluate the ways in which we understand its function and its potential, both then and now...Readers have much to gain from reading this book.
" (Comitatus) "[ I]lluminating and arresting...[ Saltzman] combines textual and material evidence to examine how the space and shape of early medieval churches facilitated a desire to pray in secret: oratories, porticoes, and small rooms for private prayer must have been significant features in the landscape...Saltzman is surely right to put the looming promise of the inescapable judgment of God at the center of the early medieval polity. He offers us secrecy as a lens to think through early medieval England" (Journal of British Studies) "Highly original, Bonds of Secrecy reveals something that has been hidden in plain sight throughout a wide variety of texts and makes a significant impact on our understanding of historical and narrative motivations. Benjamin A. Saltzman succeeds in clearing away presentist mental furniture to reveal what secrecy meant to Anglo-Saxons who understood it to be inseparable from divine omniscience." (Leslie Lockett, The Ohio State University)
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