tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post8908540584033841487..comments2023-12-04T18:08:04.286+00:00Comments on Scribbling in the margins: The Anglo-Saxon Heiress and The Norman ConquestCarol McGrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-45429237974612675492017-06-14T06:44:13.396+01:002017-06-14T06:44:13.396+01:00It's an amazing post in favor of all the onlin...It's an amazing post in favor of all the online visitors; they will get benefit <br />from it I am sure.<br /><br />Review my web blog <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/hbuvarvjdehl/wall_items" rel="nofollow"></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-64097964064277270662014-01-12T09:52:20.940+00:002014-01-12T09:52:20.940+00:00Hi Carol, I've just finished reading the Handf...Hi Carol, I've just finished reading the Handfasted Wife and loved it. You really brought the era to life. Am so looking forward to the next novel in the trilogy. BambiBambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097136429909504216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-84064878773666752232014-01-12T09:49:59.140+00:002014-01-12T09:49:59.140+00:00Hi Carol, I have just finished The Handfasted Wife...Hi Carol, I have just finished The Handfasted Wife and loved it. You really brought the era to life. Am so looking forward to the next book in the trilogy. BambiBambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097136429909504216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-47482171372985399362014-01-12T09:49:21.420+00:002014-01-12T09:49:21.420+00:00Hi Carol, I have just finished The Handfasted Wife...Hi Carol, I have just finished The Handfasted Wife and loved it. You really brought the era to life. Am so looking forward to the next book in the trilogy. BambiBambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097136429909504216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-79812459933626038122013-09-21T22:25:55.401+01:002013-09-21T22:25:55.401+01:00Thank you, Margaret, for reading The Handfasted Wi...Thank you, Margaret, for reading The Handfasted Wife. I am delighted that you are enjoying it. It took a long time to research and write but I promise the next book, The Swan-Daughter soon. I am currently editing this new story.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-83807560652991843742013-09-21T19:48:53.177+01:002013-09-21T19:48:53.177+01:00Hi Carole - I'm currently reading The Handfast...Hi Carole - I'm currently reading The Handfasted Wife on Kindle and am finding this period fascinating. I've studied various periods of history all my life but usually before and after this period. I'm really enjoying the book and especially its insights into the daily life of a noble Saxon woman - they seemed to do an awful lot of needlework as well as running a household - never idle for a moment! Can't wait for the next two books.Margaret Edmondsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-43723758059258827412013-09-09T17:29:16.778+01:002013-09-09T17:29:16.778+01:00Thank you, Frank for commenting. I think look at b...Thank you, Frank for commenting. I think look at books on medieval women. Google Ann Williams as she may have articles. Specifically on Strongbow I am not sure but if I am in the Bodliean Library shall look for titles and post here. And I do hope you enjoy The Handfasted Wife.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-71735396970303722952013-09-09T16:25:33.087+01:002013-09-09T16:25:33.087+01:00Thank you for that very interesting isight, Carol....Thank you for that very interesting isight, Carol. I am researching the twelfth century arrival of the Norman-English in Ireland. My aim is to write about Aiofe who married Strongbow as his reward for assisting her father to regain his "kingdom" of Leinster. Their daughter, Isabel, married at Henry II's instigation to William Marshall is also a fascinating subject for study - her life will make a fine sequel to Aiofe's story. My problem is the paucity of information about women's lives and achievements in the period. I shall read your book with keen interest.Frank Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163631587525727876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-31999904816622854672013-09-09T14:16:02.706+01:002013-09-09T14:16:02.706+01:00Thank you and actually I wrote a long academic ess...Thank you and actually I wrote a long academic essay on this but have only touched the surface here. It really was the essay I wrote to be accepted for the phd at Royal Holloway. It also underpins the thrust of the novels. Enjoy getting back on line, a feast!Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-37739937438555963972013-09-09T13:46:16.064+01:002013-09-09T13:46:16.064+01:00I love this Carol!So much was going on in this per...I love this Carol!So much was going on in this period and you have captured it terrifically here.<br /> I have been away from my computer for 2 weeks at my son's bedside and am catching up.kathlingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924287558328676648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-68564001435018595412013-09-08T05:45:38.395+01:002013-09-08T05:45:38.395+01:00It is a fabulous period. I wrote The Handfasted Wi...It is a fabulous period. I wrote The Handfasted Wife on a Phd creative writing programme at Royal Holloway and had the benefit too of The Bodlean Library Oxford. The more I delved the more I wanted to know. Like Scott in a way I am fascinated by periods of transition in history. Even though Ivanhoe for instance is so romantic and he wrote it several centuries ago he really captured the heiress point rather well in a work of fiction. We are fortunate now to have more understanding of historical sources and the nature of their thrust. Also I found writers such as Ann Williams very useful too.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-86404866676221097002013-09-07T16:51:09.727+01:002013-09-07T16:51:09.727+01:00Hi Carol,
I'm a historian first and novel read...Hi Carol,<br />I'm a historian first and novel reader (and writer) second, but I found this post fascinating. You've very well encapsulated a wonderfully rich period of English history; I was fascinated to realise just how much inter-marriage and mixing there was between the conquering Normans and the conquered Saxons. Well done.David Rosshttp://www.britainexpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-22230453248826851532013-09-06T20:22:33.817+01:002013-09-06T20:22:33.817+01:00It may now be a better time for this period. I bel...It may now be a better time for this period. I believe that it becoming popular. It is a lovely period to write about. I think the Victorians found it very romantic. Of course it was harsh too. The art and literature of the late 11 th and early 12 th century on the cusp of Romanz, with Anglo- Norman literature is interesting too. The illuminated lettering is beautiful too reflecting a mix of older English and continental style. A blog for another time perhaps. Thank you for reading and commenting.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8900975960314592181.post-16587135490744105402013-09-06T20:12:48.048+01:002013-09-06T20:12:48.048+01:00Interesting post, Carol. I used the idea of a Sax...Interesting post, Carol. I used the idea of a Saxon heiress marrying a Norman knight in my romantic novel "Conqueror's Lady. I very much enjoyed doing the research about this period, but, sadly, that book didn't sell as well as my Regencies and my editor didn't want me to write any more Saxon stories.Gail Mallinnoreply@blogger.com