Garderobe
[gahrd-rohb]
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from garder to watch, guard + robe clothing
1) Latrine (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226)
2) A lavatory in the thickness of the wall of a building with a chute leading down to a pit in the ground.
(Beresford, Maurice and Hurst, John. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on January 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Caren Johnson Literary Agency discusses the world of self-publishing in this time of economic slowdown.
I personally agree with the agency’s opinion that traditional publishing is the first route you should seek as a new author, though some have had major success with self-publishing and then later having an agent or publisher pick up the […]
Filed under: Publishing on January 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Over at Suvudu, Shawn Speakman has written a lengthy article coming to the defense of George R.R. Martin and his long awaited continuation of the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Martin completed the fourth book, A Feast for Crows, in 2005 with the promise that A Dance with Dragons would be coming […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on January 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Booke of Days by Stephen J. Rivelle
Publisher: Pan Books (July 12, 1996)
ISBN-10: 0330348477
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 5 stars (11 reviews)
Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews:
A historical saga of Pope Urban II’s perverse “armed pilgrimage” - that is, the First Crusade - brilliantly folds post-Vietnam cynicism and late-20th-century spiritual doubt into a bloody, muddy, horrifyingly […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on January 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Capetians, called the Robertinians in earlier generations, ruled medieval France from 987 to 1328. A powerful family in the West Frankish Kingdom, the Capetians were likely of Saxon origin, migrating from the Rhine-Meuse region some time in the early 8th century. For several generations the Robertinians, descendants of Count Robert I, ruled as counts […]
Filed under: People, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
The Guardian has published its list of 1000 Fantasy & Sci-Novels that everyone must read. It’s actually published in three parts, so you can continue on to parts two and three at the end of the first part. I’ve never even heard of several of these. The first three in the list:
Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]
Filed under: Fantasy on January 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A new corner of the Amazon bookstore, Amazon Author Stores offers customers a new way to browse and shop favorite authors, discover new books, and more. Each Author Store includes a bibliography, and can include a biography, author photo, and discussion board. Finding all the books associated with a particular author is much easier now.
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Thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe still exist today, but scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of these works originated. Now a researcher from North Carolina State University is using modern advances in genetics to develop techniques that will shed light on the origins of these […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England by Nan Hawthorne
Paperback: 648 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (September 3, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1419656694
An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England by Nan Hawthorne is an historical fiction novel set in Anglo-Saxon medieval England that follows the fictional character of King Lawrence of Crislicland, whose kingdom is thrown […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on January 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Borough (or burgh)
[bur-oh, buhr-oh]
Etymology: Middle English burgh, from Old English burg fortified town; akin to Old High German burg fortified place, and probably to Old English beorg hill
1) A town with the right of self government granted by royal charter. (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)
2) Originally a defended farm or residence but usually used in the meaning […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on January 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
