Elizabeth Saxon has provided a fascinating and convincing argument for the influence of theology on religious art in Romanesque France. She focuses upon monumental art, but also includes an analysis of relevant manuscript illuminations and stained glass. This study, however, provides a wider focus and a more sweeping analysis than the title would suggest. Saxon demonstrates not only a connection between eucharistic theology and art, but also between the theology of penance and art, as well as the influence on art of the Gregorian reforms. In fact penance and the eucharist were intricately connected and this union is reflected in the art of the period. Saxon's analysis of the theological sources astutely configures them in light of the reform's emphasis on the power of the priest to make the Lord present and to hear confession. Thus this study goes beyond the more usual discussion of the reflection in art of the growing personal devotion to Jesus and Mary, although the author also treats this theme. A separate chapter on heresy wisely treads warily in suggesting possible anti-heretical links in religious art. In sum, this book is an important source for all scholars interested in the dramatic changes in church structure and personal devotion that occurred in the late eleventh to early twelfth centuries. Despite the overall strength of the argument, however, not every work of art examined seems to this untrained eye obviously to reflect the theological concerns ascribed to them, although, again, this may reflect more on the reader than on the author. More seriously, the notes can be frustrating, as issues of dating and identification in particular are often stated without any supporting references. This may have been the decision of the publisher but in such a scholarly work lack of verification detracts from the impressive scholarship the author otherwise demonstrates. These are minor flaws, however, in a thoughtful and important contribution to the understanding of a crucial period in the history of western Christianity.