This commemorative volume celebrates the millennium of the death of Notger, bishop of Liège (972–1008) and first prince-bishop (980–1008). It is the product of collaboration between the provincial government and the diocese, creating an attractive and well-produced paperback, albeit of modest dimensions, with lavish illustrations. Notger was certainly worthy of such celebration. Of Swabian origins, he was a monk of St-Gall and served Otto i (936–73) so well that he was raised to the see of Liège. The city was a beleaguered outpost of Ottonian power, its cathedral almost a ruin, threatened by Carolingian ambitions in Lorraine embodied in the nearby fortress of Chèvremont. Indeed Notger seriously considered moving his see to Huy until the extinction of the Carolingians of West Francia in 987 enabled an imperial army to seize Chèvremont. By that time Otto ii (973–83) had issued a general immunity for the diocese in 980 and in 985 Otto iii (983–1002) granted Notger the county of Huy. These acts created a great prince-bishopric which would last until the French Revolution. Notger fortified the city, rebuilt the cathedral and constructed a series of collegiate churches, amongst which was that of St John, his personal residence and place of burial. The imperial favour which underpinned this activity must at first have owed much to fear of the Carolingians, but Notger consolidated his position as a devoted servant of the German emperors, travelling four times to Italy in Ottonian service (983, 989–90, 996, 998–1002), on the last occasion returning the body of Otto iii to his native soil. In 1006 he was the ambassador who prepared the way for a meeting between his new master, Henry ii (1002–24), and Robert ii of France (996–1031). This was a glittering career, comparable to other great clerical servants of the German monarchy, not least Thietmar of Merseburg. And his achievement was not merely material, for Notger was a patron of learning, placing considerable importance upon the foundation of schools in the collegiate churches that he built. This book is essentially a work of local piety, but it embodies a good translation by J.-P. Delville of the Life which, rather curiously, was not written until the twelfth century. All aspects of Notger's life, including, for example, his coinage are covered in a series of short chapters, and Marylène Laffineur-Crépin provides an interesting discussion of his supposed burial places. This is a workmanlike survey of Notker's life and works, and constitutes a useful work of reference on this important figure.