Writing Medieval
Jules FrusherThis will be the new home for Lady Despenser's Scribery and Medieval Bits, as well as updates and selected scenes from my novel about Hugh Despenser. Oh, and some tips on writing historical fiction and fact too! Come and explore another century!
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Hanging, Drawing and Quartering: the Anatomy of an Execution
This post analyses the symbolic nature of hanging, drawing and quartering to the medieval mind. The individual punishments weren’t meant solely to inflict great pain and suffering (which they did) but also to herald the fate of the family l...
Hugh Despenser’s Execution at Hereford 24th November 1326
Illusration of Hugh the younger Despenser’s execution from a manuscript of Froissart (Bibliotheque Nationale MS Fr. 2643, folio 197v)
After the judgement against him had been read out, Hugh was dragged to his place of execution. Most o...
The 'Trial' of Hugh Despenser the Younger
On the morning of the 24th November, 1326, just outside the walls of the city of Hereford, Despenser, Baldock, Reading and their captors were met by Sir Thomas Wake and Jean de Hainault. There, Hugh was stripped, dressed in a surcoat bearin...
The Flight From Bannockburn
Now that the English, including their king, were in full rout, they were pursued by the Scottish forces, the infantry cutting down any they could catch on foot and Keith’s light horse, joined by Douglas racing after the fleeing English king...
Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June, Day Two - The Main Battle
Bruce addresses his troops
Just before dawn, Bruce’s men heard mass and broke their fast. The king then knighted several men, among them James Douglas and young Walter Stewart. The Scots then formed up in three schiltrons and made thei...
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I love writing about medieval things, particularly if they occur during the reign of Edward II - although I am pretty eclectic!
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