Scribbling in the margins
Musings on the Historical Novel and life as it happens...
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Marriage in the Eleventh Century
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The domestic institutions of medieval society faced change around the year 1000. The Church reorganised itself in a great reform movement ...
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Falconry, Lepers and the Angel
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The medieval festival in the small Tuscan hill town of Montevettolini takes place in September for one day only. Montevettolini nestles i...
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Sunday, 16 September 2012
An Early Medieval Wardrobe
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The Bayeux Tapestry and various manuscripts provide the writer of historical fiction with an insight into early medieval costume. For examp...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
A Medieval Summer Picnic
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The early medieval climate from circa the ninth century until the Norman Conquest was mild enough to allow the cultivation of vines in Hamp...
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Monday, 4 June 2012
Medieval Travel, Trade, Pilgrimage, Maps and Journeys
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Exactly one year ago I took to the pilgrim route from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostella. It was the one favoured by the English pilgrims wh...
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