I’ve started back on my novel again. After six months of letting it collect dust, working on my website, and writing and editing a new short story, I’ve finally picked the ole novel back up again and have begun to read through it. This will be the fourth revision in the process. As part of […]
Filed under: Novel on December 31st, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Godric by Frederick Buechner
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: HarperOne (November 2, 1983)
ISBN-10: 0060611626
Average Customer Rating on Amazon: 5 stars (19 reviews)
Amazon.com Review:
If you think a novel about a saint is likely to be a dry and airy sort of thing, think again. Godric was a 12th-century saint–born to Anglo-Saxon parents in Norfolk almost in the year of […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on December 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
The ancient world held to the oral tradition of law, with punishment generally based on legal precedent and handed down by tribal rulers. During the Middle Ages, efforts were sought to codify certain laws, and this period saw the emergence of parliaments or parliament-type organizations, as seen in Viking society and the societies in England. […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 29th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve finally finished writing and editing my latest short story: “Exeter Burning.” While the medieval backdrop/settting (i.e. - general details) behind the story are accurate for that period, the storyline and characters are entirely fictional — though it is based loosely on an actual event that took place at Exeter Cathedral and the rivalry between […]
Filed under: Short Stories, Short Fiction, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on December 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury by Edith Pargeter
ISBN-10: 0747233667
Paperback: 378 pages
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (October 1, 1989)
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4.5 stars (9 reviews)
From Publishers Weekly:
Henry IV of England becomes jealous of the friendship between his son Prince Hal and a knight known as Hotspur in this account of events leading up to the […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on December 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Life in a Medieval City by Joseph and Francis Gies
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (September 30, 1981)
ISBN-10: 0060908807
The year is 1250 A.D. People from all over Europe have gathered in the medieval city of Troyes — the capital city of the county of Champagne in France — for one of the two major fairs of […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Book Reviews on December 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Shell Keep
Masonry wall around the perimeter of a motte, replacing a timber palisade. (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 211)
* image is of Restormal Castle, retrieved from http://www.castleuk.net/
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on December 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
During the medieval period, the Catholic Church condemned any sect of Christianity as heresy that differed from the tradional Catholic teachings. One of these sects, called the Albigensians (or Cathars), came out of southern France, and Pope Innocent III saw this group as a threat to the unity of Chirstendom at a time when he […]
Filed under: Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Sword and the Miracle by Melvyn Bragg
Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (November 17, 1998)
ISBN-10: 0517284537
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4 stars
From Library Journal
Bragg’s title sums up exactly the tension he has created in this solid novel. In seventh-century Ireland, a priest has a vision of the Virgin Mary, who bequeaths him a sliver of […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on December 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
Some impressive fantasy-type sculptures crafted from sand.
Filed under: Fantasy on December 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
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