tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post8816443989135480568..comments2024-02-22T20:47:06.211+00:00Comments on Romances of the Cross : Historical Saturday #3- The Warrior Woman- Fact or Fiction?English Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-10542650257037397882015-04-15T21:12:54.716+01:002015-04-15T21:12:54.716+01:00Yes George Duby (I am sorry, I spelled his name wr...Yes George Duby (I am sorry, I spelled his name wrong. English is not my native language). Thank you anyway for responding. I enjoy this conversation:) <br /><br />Wishfulfillment plays an important role in historical fiction, it would be probably unrealistic and ruinous to both publishers and writers to only write as truthfully or realistically as possible. What I would like to see is a more spagyricshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983119849576690534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-19240910694402169672015-04-15T20:03:59.988+01:002015-04-15T20:03:59.988+01:00I take it that is the person we call Georges Duby ...I take it that is the person we call Georges Duby in English? I agree that we should not impose modern ideals into the past, and especially modern notions of individuality and liberty. I suppose writers have to strike a balance, but having historical characters moaning and whining because they're not allowed to do what they want is a bit much. <br /><br />Perhaps I have just read too many English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-66213630226471184602015-04-15T18:42:45.455+01:002015-04-15T18:42:45.455+01:00I was speaking in general, since the female warrio...I was speaking in general, since the female warrior is a very trendy feature in contemporary writings and I don't enjoy it. It almost seems like there is a list of characteristics that contemporary readers find favorable and they are all jammed into one female character. This results in a cartoonish rather than strong female character. Liberty (in the sense of doing whatever one desires) and spagyricshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983119849576690534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-76334946098621934722015-04-15T16:09:57.601+01:002015-04-15T16:09:57.601+01:00Agreed, women can be strong in many other ways. Th...Agreed, women can be strong in many other ways. They do not have to me 'men with busts' to prove thier worth. <br />I for one don't think there's anything wrong with accepting that women are different from men, and have different strengths. <br /><br />You make some interesting points about the reality of Medieval martial combat (it seems a heck of a lot harder than it looks), andEnglish Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-49849218950741912712015-04-07T10:25:55.126+01:002015-04-07T10:25:55.126+01:00Thank you for posting this. I am baffled by this m...Thank you for posting this. I am baffled by this modern trend to turn the heroins in medieval fiction into a "warrior" and I mean sword wielding type. Sure Isabela was portrayed wearing an armor but she didn't engage physically in any battle. Roger Mortimer did that for her. So yes there are countless women who defended castles, or led an army but that does not mean that they spagyricshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983119849576690534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-40630373039021883942015-04-03T18:05:16.437+01:002015-04-03T18:05:16.437+01:00I thought that might be so- some of those Northern...I thought that might be so- some of those Northern Lords were near enough Kings in their own right- or seemed to think so anyway....<br /><br />Hope I was able to be of use with the other matter as well. Have a blessed Good Friday.English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-25601940842273342882015-04-03T17:58:34.462+01:002015-04-03T17:58:34.462+01:00North Britannia is a fictional dukedom that I sort...North Britannia is a fictional dukedom that I sort of hazily set in the general northern part of England. It is supposed to be like a new Camelot type region. Originally, I was going to have this series be more like stand alone books in different times and places, and I was going to put it in a fictional country in Europe. But since Bethany wanted them to be spin offs with overlapping characters Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-8953121967732862952015-04-03T08:28:55.485+01:002015-04-03T08:28:55.485+01:00I did look at one of the articles, but I see now o...I did look at one of the articles, but I see now one does make mention of some women being admitted to an order in the 1100s for their defensive actions, so Dame does sound about right- that is still the female equivalent of being given a knighthood today. <br /><br />I'm curious about the mention of 'Northern Britannia' in the end of the last book. Is that a fictional place, or is English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-15560332325191010332015-04-02T23:23:03.525+01:002015-04-02T23:23:03.525+01:00Tripoli, which is where she is heading, is part of...Tripoli, which is where she is heading, is part of the County of Tripoli, which was basically one of the crusader states. The lord in charge of the region is from a French background, although one of the interesting parts of the story is that the crusader noblemen had been in the Levant for several generations at this time and had fused the cultures. I don't know if you looked at the link I Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-12236500965273994652015-04-02T18:10:07.411+01:002015-04-02T18:10:07.411+01:00Thanks for dropping by Mrs Sleiman
I certainly t...Thanks for dropping by Mrs Sleiman <br /><br />I certainly think Gwendolyn could be plausible, and what you say of her being tall and strong reminds me a little of Sichelgaita of Salerno, mentioned above, who was said to have been very tall and muscular, donned armour and accompanied her husband on the battlefield....but women had to be careful, as if they were seen as stepping too far outside English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532749730006528887.post-40756323379795410012015-04-02T17:13:03.827+01:002015-04-02T17:13:03.827+01:00I'm so glad that you did a post on this becaus...I'm so glad that you did a post on this because I've been struggling with an issue in my upcoming book 3 and I would love to get your feedback on it.<br /><br />But first, I think you will be as happy with Gwendolyn as you were with Merry. She grew up a bit wild and managed to train with her brothers, but her father, who was always gone to war, wants her in her proper place. She dreams ofDina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.com