Investiture
Pronunciation: [in-ves-ti-cher, -choor]
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin investitura, from investitus, past participle of investire
The act of formally putting someone into an office or landholding; it was a major occasion of dispute in the eleventh and twelfth centuries when reformers opposed lay rulers who invested clergy with the symbols of their positions.
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Cover art for the fifth novel in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series was recently released. There is no official date on when A Dance With Dragaons will hit bookshelves, but it’s rumoured for this coming Fall.
I’ve been compiling a list of medieval historical fiction novels to read, and I thought I would highlight a new one every week if possible. Many of these I have not even read myself.
The first one is The Whale Road by Robert Low.
Product Details:
The Whale Road
By Robert Low
Hardcover - 352 pages
Publisher - Thomas Dunne Books (August […]
The year is 877 AD, and the Saxons have just defeated the Danes at Cynuit, though troubles for Alfred and his kingdom of Wessex are far from over. The Danes control three of the four major kingdoms in England — Northumbria, Mercia, and East Anglia — and they are continuing to push farther into Wessex, intent […]