Category: Medieval Culture

A Catte ther was

Posted on December 28, 2013 by candacerobbbooks

I just came across this delightfully silly bit in Kathleen Walker-Meikle’s book Medieval Pets (Boydell Press 2012). If you’re daunted by middle English, read it aloud and I think you’ll understand all of it.“In a manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales from Barking Abbey in… Continue Reading “A Catte ther was”

Category: Medieval CultureTags: Barking Abbey, Boydell Press, Canterbury Tales, cats, Chaucer, Chaucer's Prioress, Kathleen Walker-Meikle, Medieval Pets

Upcoming Events

Posted on December 11, 2013 by candacerobbbooks

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For those of you in Seattle/Bellevue/Issaquah, Emma and I will be signing books alongside fellow members of the Pacific NW Writers Association on Saturday, 14 December, at the Writers Cottage in Gilman Village (The Cottage is located near the southeastern corner of the Village… Continue Reading “Upcoming Events”

Category: Events, Medieval CultureTags: Anthony Goodman, Beguines, book signings, Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane, Julie A Chappell, Margery Kempe, Margery Kempe and Her World, Pacific NW Writers Association, Perilous Passages

Beguine Communities and Medieval History: An Unexpected Treasure?

Posted on December 5, 2013 by candacerobbbooks

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It is my pleasure to welcome Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota, Morris, as my guest blogger this morning. Feel free to pose any questions as comments, and I’ll post Jennifer’s responses! A little background on Jennifer: “I am a… Continue Reading “Beguine Communities and Medieval History: An Unexpected Treasure?”

Category: Medieval Culture, Writing Women's LivesTags: Beguinages, Beguines, Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane, Marcella Pattyn, Tanya Stabler Miller

English Cathedrals and Monasteries–A New DVD-ROM

Posted on November 4, 2013 by candacerobbbooks

Michaelmas

Posted on September 29, 2013 by candacerobbbooks

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In some reckonings, Michaelmas (29 September) is the birthday of Joan of Kent, the subject of my forthcoming book, A Triple Knot, as well as the day years later on which her mother, Margaret of Kent, died of the pestilence. So it’s a day… Continue Reading “Michaelmas”

Category: A Triple Knot, Medieval CultureTags: 14th century england, archangel michael, Joan of Kent, Michaelmas, Owen Archer, writers almanac

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