Karen Maitland
Karen Maitland
Karen Maitlandis a British author of medieval thriller fiction. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics...
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behave english good power though
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
millennia people phenomena religious war
People sense that our reaction to phenomena such as epidemics or religious war is not that different to how we reacted to plagues or to battles a millennia ago.
ages
We forget how bawdy and brutal the Middle Ages were.
belonged lord love partly secrets uncover
I'd love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.
add england exotic france henry iii kept louis presented tower
In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
appalling imposing people sake
People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
counted english family fewer french members slightly though
In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads.