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Anglo-Saxon Trial by Ordeal

In my recently released novel, Murder at Elmstow Minster, set in a community of nuns in the 830s, there is an Anglo-Saxon trial by ordeal. What were such trials? When were they applicable. How did they attempt to identify whether a person was innocent or guilty? They may seem completely bizarre to the modern Western […]

Mystical Life in Anglo-Saxon England – Conversion

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Part Two: Anglo-Saxon Conversion As part of the research for my novels, Murder at Elmstow Minster and The Fenland Spell, I have delved into Anglo-Saxon spirituality – ‘pagan’ and Christian. In Part One of this series, I concluded by saying that there were some core aspects of pagan spirituality that would be certain to cause

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