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BOOK REVIEW: “Death Before Compline”

March 1, 2013 By
Death Before Compline - Sharan Newman

BOOK REVIEW: Death Before Compline Bagwyn Books (2012) Sharan Newman This short book, DEATH BEFORE COMPLINE is a great collection of murder-mystery stories by Sharan Newman. It features the adventures of Sharan’s popular and much loved heroine, Catherine LeVendeur, a crime solving woman living in twelfth century France. The stories are chronologically ordered, starting from […]

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An Environmental History of the Middle Ages: The Crucible of Nature

February 16, 2013 By
An Environmental History of the Middle Ages: The Crucible of Nature

John Aberth focuses his study on three key areas: the natural elements of air, water, and earth; the forest; and wild and domestic animals.

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Ransoming prisoners of war became widespread in the Hundred Years War, new book finds

January 24, 2013 By
Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War

‘There is widespread evidence to suggest that during the 15th century the practice of ransom is increasingly extended to commoners, not just kings or chivalrous knights.’

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