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Psalters, early medieval calendars, and The Domesday Book yield fascinating information about life on a medieval estate. For instance, a sc...

The Handfasted Wife is Edith Swan-Neck, the common-law wife of Harold II who was defeated by William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings....

Nowadays it is a given that Publishers expect every writer to  actively promote their own novels. Once the book is finally published the ne...

Sakura, the Japanese word for cherry blossom, is very short lived. It occurs in the spring, usually late March. This period marks a Japanes...

I have long had a love affair with Italy and enjoy reading novels set in either Ancient Rome or Renaissance Italy. I was in Rome for a ...

The Trotula is one of the best sources of information about 'conditions' for women in the middle ages. It is thought by histori...