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walking the Mean Streets of Medieval York
Category: Medieval Culture
“A Medieval Woman’s Companion” as Inspiration for Novelists
It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading ““A Medieval Woman’s Companion” as Inspiration for Novelists”
"A Medieval Woman’s Companion" as Inspiration for Novelists
It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading “"A Medieval Woman’s Companion" as Inspiration for Novelists”
Q&A with Paul Strohm, author of Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury
It is my great pleasure to welcome Paul Strohm to A Writer’s Retreat for a Q&A about his new book Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury (Viking 2014). A little background: Paul has taught medieval literature at Columbia University and was the… Continue Reading “Q&A with Paul Strohm, author of Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury”
Q&A with Paul Strohm, author of Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury
It is my great pleasure to welcome Paul Strohm to A Writer’s Retreat for a Q&A about his new book Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury (Viking 2014). A little background: Paul has taught medieval literature at Columbia University and was the… Continue Reading “Q&A with Paul Strohm, author of Chaucer’s Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury”
Some Engaging Narrative Histories
Until recently I’d never thought about writing historical novels as an extension of what is known as microhistory. Some examples of microhistory you might know are The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis (Harvard University Press, 1984) and Montaillou (Penguin reprint, 2002)… Continue Reading “Some Engaging Narrative Histories”
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