tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post7909358403855301461..comments2023-10-15T11:23:35.339+01:00Comments on Hawkins Bizarre: When WAS the fourteenth century?Alishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-10874881468615388822010-02-21T13:36:51.518+00:002010-02-21T13:36:51.518+00:00Thanks, Michelle!Thanks, Michelle!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-74610565150726087532010-02-20T21:10:50.173+00:002010-02-20T21:10:50.173+00:00Not sure about that - I would guess at 13th centur...Not sure about that - I would guess at 13th century being the definition of High medieval.(Not a phrase I came across much) I went to Uni at Reading and their medieval history department is excellent, should you want a research source!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224208773361822237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-17261064700130609922010-02-19T09:52:08.732+00:002010-02-19T09:52:08.732+00:00Hi Michelle - yes, why is it always 'early'...Hi Michelle - yes, why is it always 'early' or 'late' medieval - why is there no 'middle' medieval? Also the term 'High Medieval' seems in some debate - can you clarify?Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-20056376126237381042010-02-19T00:15:58.920+00:002010-02-19T00:15:58.920+00:00Depending who you talk to and where in Europe you ...Depending who you talk to and where in Europe you are, the medieval period can stretch to 1500, for others it ended sooner. Also there is early medieval, late medieval (none in between though). I studied mainly late medieval and early modern history (1300-1603 mainly my focus) and th changes were astronomical from monarch to monarch, never mind century to century. I specialised in Richard II and The Earl of Warwick who served under all three Lancastrian Kings - very very diferent indeed.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224208773361822237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-80771467358643837732010-02-18T18:01:54.002+00:002010-02-18T18:01:54.002+00:00Hi David - since you are kind enough to ask.. watc...Hi David - since you are kind enough to ask.. watch this space!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-2815265263412454192010-02-17T18:50:22.349+00:002010-02-17T18:50:22.349+00:00"... they're likely to be far less famili..."... they're likely to be far less familiar with the story of the Three Living and the Three Dead which every medieval parishionner would have known. (I'll tell you another time if you're interested.)"<br /><br />Count me as interested.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-29822246874888292412010-02-15T19:37:49.746+00:002010-02-15T19:37:49.746+00:00Hi Adele - I think those of us who write historica...Hi Adele - I think those of us who write historical fiction are basically history geeks at heart - the kind of people who drag their children around English Heritage sites encouraging them to imagine things they are neither remotely interested in nor mentally equipped to imagine!!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-12328036420503241532010-02-15T19:36:02.551+00:002010-02-15T19:36:02.551+00:00Hi Akasha - of course, you have the added difficul...Hi Akasha - of course, you have the added difficulty of historical accuracy in another country which adds a whole new layer of difficulty.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-10770067768170126262010-02-15T14:55:13.950+00:002010-02-15T14:55:13.950+00:00This is completely fascinating to me and I can reg...This is completely fascinating to me and I can regard it all with equanimity, as I'm only a reader of fiction set in this period and not a writer of it!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-86943214503570173492010-02-15T10:05:58.795+00:002010-02-15T10:05:58.795+00:00I know exactly where you're coming from. Altho...I know exactly where you're coming from. Although Bathory is set mainly in the present day, when I do go back to the sixteenth century I want my facts to be as accurate as they possibly can be.<br />Hard work!Akasha Savage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13482147165827577180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-18578305482721524712010-02-14T21:35:34.292+00:002010-02-14T21:35:34.292+00:00No, I don't think it's an oversimplificati...No, I don't think it's an oversimplification. But in terms of writing a novel about it, I think the trick is not to try to show its impact on everything, but just to focus on one person and show what changed for them. That's my hope anyway!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-11643464447639749372010-02-14T20:26:35.284+00:002010-02-14T20:26:35.284+00:00Blimey. Rather you than me.
It seems The Black D...Blimey. Rather you than me. <br /><br />It seems The Black Death changed how everyone thought about everything, from religion downwards. Or am I oversimplifying again? Bound to be. But how could you write a damned historical novel if you didn't? Argh.nohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398443646324855212noreply@blogger.com