I’m finally in the last stretch of completing my novel before sending queries out to agents. I should be totally done within the month of November. After that, I will start querying agents for representation. Below is a narrowed list of agencies and agents that accept both fantasy and historical fiction:
Literary Agents
Victoria Sanders & Associates
Bernadette […]
Filed under: Novel on October 28th, 2011 | No Comments »
Article by Ian Bremner:
‘This nation may now be harassed, weakened and decimated by your soldiery… but it will never be destroyed by the wrath of man.’ (The Chronicler, Gerald of Wales, put these words into the mouth of an old man when faced by an invading English king.)
By the 13th century most of Wales had […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
Vavasour
[vav-uh-sawr, -sohr]
: a feudal tenant ranking directly below a baron
*see the Regestum of Phillip II Augustus for use of the term
*also, the term is found in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales under The Franklin’s Portrait:
356: Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire.
357: An anlaas and a gipser al of silk
358: Heeng at his girdel, whit as morne […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on October 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
From History.com:
Filed under: Videos, Arms and Armor, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
William of Malmesbury recounts the battle:
The courageous leaders mutually prepared for battle, each according to his national custom. The English, as we have heard, passed the night without sleep, in drinking and singing, and in the morning proceeded without delay against the enemy. All on foot, armed with battle-axes, and covering themselves in front by the […]
Filed under: Norman Conquest, Anglo-Saxons, Battles, Wars, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 14th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From IrishCentral.com:
A tiny County Louth village has been confirmed as home to one of the most important Viking sites in the world.
Carbon testing on trenches at a ‘virgin’ site in Annagassan have revealed that the small rural community once housed a Viking winter base, one of only two in Ireland.
The other went on to become Dublin […]
Filed under: Medieval News, Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 12th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Feudal Society: Vol 1: The Growth and Ties of Dependence by Marc Bloch
Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (November 16, 1989)
ISBN-10: 0415039169
Feudal Society by Marc Bloch is one of the definitive guides to the study of feudalism during the medieval period. The book’s main focus is on feudalism in Western Europe, though it does mention […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Book Reviews on October 9th, 2011 | No Comments »
From the BBC News:
Experts believe rare 12th Century slate inscriptions found on a castle were probably made to protect against evil.
The dozen scratchings were uncovered during a three-week excavation at Nevern in Pembrokeshire.
Archaeologists think the stars and other designs were made by a serf, labourer or soldier some time between 1170 and 1190 when the castle […]
Filed under: Medieval News, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
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