Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
20
Dec
When I set out to research books set in the early Anglo-Saxon period I was immediately faced with an enormous problem: finding out what had happened. When the last Roman soldier departed Britain in the early 5th century reliable documentation of events started to collapse. The invading Anglo-Saxon tribes were effectively illiterate and it was […]
Tags: historical research
1
Dec
Written Evidence Evidence and guesswork in the 6th Century I was not long born the day my uncle stood on the battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of his men. They had died defending this narrow gully through hills which blocked the approach to the city of Eboracum. The city lay to the east under a […]
Tags: historical research
30
Mar
Evidence and guesswork in the 6th Century I was not long born the day my uncle stood on the battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of his men. They had died defending this narrow gully through hills which blocked the approach to the city of Eboracum. The city lay to the east under a pall of […]
Tags: Aneiren, Bede, darkages, historical research, Nennius, Taliessen