tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.comments2023-06-01T04:08:23.369-07:00GemæcceNicola Griffithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-71262843487737358422015-01-05T09:55:11.085-08:002015-01-05T09:55:11.085-08:00Oh, that is brilliant! Thank you.Oh, that is brilliant! Thank you.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-35864801978075100952015-01-05T05:28:23.832-08:002015-01-05T05:28:23.832-08:00
This Pictish Dictionary has just become available...<br />This Pictish Dictionary has just become available and may be useful to you, as it has elements of Northern names, borders and land features. There is nothing else like it.<br /><br />http://www.spns.org.uk/bliton/blurb.htmlCaitlín Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061112347793263359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-12487083019970320212014-12-30T15:03:44.929-08:002014-12-30T15:03:44.929-08:00There is indeed an old Irish dictionary, I have on...There is indeed an old Irish dictionary, I have one and will send on details when I get back to my desk rather than just my IPad.Caitlín Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061112347793263359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-51232489672169070282014-12-25T11:00:24.775-08:002014-12-25T11:00:24.775-08:00Sharon, I didn't know that. Thank you!
As for...Sharon, I didn't know that. Thank you!<br /><br />As for Book II (working title <i>Menewood</i>), I'm working on it :)Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-65740466286607299792014-12-23T19:29:27.550-08:002014-12-23T19:29:27.550-08:00Ege- and Æthel- blur sometimes because some franco...Ege- and Æthel- blur sometimes because some francophone scribes read (subvocalized?) the latter as the former. It happens all over the place in manuscript, and sometimes editors aren't sure whether to resolve a given instance. As distinct from Ecg-, after all, but if an Ege- name occurs in isolation, it's not clear whether it can stand or "needs" correction/normalization back to English, and if so, which way. <br /><br />I look forward to book two!Sharon K. Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919021425045032416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-52822795259695130962014-12-22T12:22:14.192-08:002014-12-22T12:22:14.192-08:00Sally, I think I'm leaning towards independenc...Sally, I think I'm leaning towards independence, too. I just haven't decided. Yet...Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-83549932258589442382014-12-22T12:21:20.739-08:002014-12-22T12:21:20.739-08:00Unknown @8:59: why against the wishes of King Eald...Unknown @8:59: why against the wishes of King Ealdbald? My guess he would be rather glad to get rid of the headache...<br /><br />And as I say, I'm really not convinced that someone like Hild would have to wait a whole year to take ship.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-12517112357473714762014-12-21T22:55:20.516-08:002014-12-21T22:55:20.516-08:00Hi Nicola
I agree with your (early) date for Penda...Hi Nicola<br />I agree with your (early) date for Penda's invasion of East Anglia, when Ethelric and Sigbert were killed and Anna became king. Was he forced to pay tribute to Penda? an interesting idea; or was he independent? He certainly harboured at least one enemy of Penda and was later killed by Penda. I lean towards the independent view, which means he might have been in hiding for a while after Ethelric was killed, as might Hereswith and son. A possible location that I m considering is Wessex: newly Christian; opposed to Penda and allied with Oswald of Northumbria. What do you think?<br />Really looking forward to Hild II …<br />SallyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07867600621032154999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-45296833760161157202014-12-21T20:59:20.236-08:002014-12-21T20:59:20.236-08:00Well, I haven't looked at all this in a while ...Well, I haven't looked at all this in a while and you may have complicated life with Egric = Aethelric. We don't know that Aethelric was the oldest brother of Anna... though I have often assumed so. <br /><br />Keep in mind that Edwin's son and grandson are sent to the Franks for protection probably with the help of Bishop Paulinus and Aethelbugh against the wishes of her Kentish brother. Hereswith and possibly other royal women may have sought refuge among the Franks rather than being forced into second marriages like Athelthryth. <br /><br />Anna's successor was with Penda when he killed Anna so he was likely a puppet of Penda. Anna was a strong ally of the Bernians and West Saxons probably allied against Mercia. <br /><br />There are lots of options here. Don't forget that Oswine was the head of the Deiran royal family when HIld goes to East Anglia to prepare to join her sister to enter the church. I think she is going to East Anglia to arrange transport to join Hereswith and has to wait there for the proper sailing season. Oswine and Aidan then catch up to her to convince her to stay in Northumbria. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707321685043937423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-44289449352098088652014-10-08T02:59:54.276-07:002014-10-08T02:59:54.276-07:00What a beautiful bracelet! One of my characters i...What a beautiful bracelet! One of my characters is inspired by a 4000 year old amber necklace dug up in my home town. I'd be toying with the idea of using the necklace to connect up my characters as the story flees wildly across many centuries (indeed milleniums!)GUGAWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-19630141600249184672014-10-08T02:27:47.756-07:002014-10-08T02:27:47.756-07:00Wow great feedback from Alex Woolf! I'm resea...Wow great feedback from Alex Woolf! I'm researching for a book I'm writing set in the 9th Century and I was pointed your way, certainly looking forward to reading Hild now!GUGAWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-90086298507032752292014-09-03T17:23:40.840-07:002014-09-03T17:23:40.840-07:00That's even more ugly than I imagined!
I'...That's even more ugly than I imagined!<br /><br />I'd love to see that review, yes please.<br /><br />Hild was left out of Bede? That makes me cross, but, sadly, doesn't shock me. I never cease to be amazed at how consistently women are erased from history. I'd like to hear more about that, as and when you feel inclined to discuss it.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-30662206344624638012014-09-03T11:35:48.233-07:002014-09-03T11:35:48.233-07:00I think 1,400th in Latin would be millensimus quad...I think 1,400th in Latin would be <i>millensimus quadringentensimus</i>. But numbers, in any language, are not my strong suit.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of <i>Hild</i>. My review of it should be coming out soon in the online journal <i>The Critical Flame</i>. I can send you a link to it when it's posted, if you like. And, coincidentally, I'm at this moment working on a grammatical and historical commentary on the Latin text of Bede's life of Hild in the <i>Historia Ecclesiastica</i>, since she was left out of the only existing text and commentary of selections from Bede suitable for undergraduate use.Rob Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-46531121509135977242014-08-10T22:26:19.320-07:002014-08-10T22:26:19.320-07:00Any news on further analysis of this find? Any news on further analysis of this find? Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-48949135145205978042014-08-05T10:08:44.093-07:002014-08-05T10:08:44.093-07:00Larry, thanks.
I found Fleming's book to be r...Larry, thanks.<br /><br />I found Fleming's book to be refreshingly light after some of the stuff I've read in which footnotes, end notes, and index take up half the text. It was fascinating, though, to see her integrated summary of all that research.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-55141951107275226812014-08-05T10:06:15.065-07:002014-08-05T10:06:15.065-07:00Sally, yes, more Hild :)
I have no doubt that it ...Sally, yes, more Hild :)<br /><br />I have no doubt that it was bloody--to begin with. Followed by a couple of hundred years of assimilation. Followed by (essentially) cultural extinction.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-88836548607146229492014-08-05T04:39:06.523-07:002014-08-05T04:39:06.523-07:00I was just reading in "Britain After Rome&quo...I was just reading in "Britain After Rome" by Robin Fleming that the rise to power of the Anglo-Saxon kings only took place in the hundred years or so before Hild. Before that, it was an intermixing of the newcomers with the Britons, and there's not much evidence that the Anglo-Saxons were particularly warlike, and no evidence of the kind of tributes to royalty we see in Hild's time. The fascinating question for me is how some families were able to convince and/or force other groups to accept them as lords and kings and give over a portion of their produce to them. It seems to me it had to be something more than coercion. You depict that beautifully in the way Edwin mixes his offers of protection with threats of force, along with the constant singing of his family's story. (And thanks to you for wading through all this research and presenting us with such a vivid picture. I found all the lists of grave goods and other archaeological evidence in Fleming's book to be tough sledding.)Larry Hoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596168202991567228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-57710014108245299342014-08-04T22:00:20.968-07:002014-08-04T22:00:20.968-07:00Good to have you blogging again Nicola. I hope you...Good to have you blogging again Nicola. I hope you are working on a sequel covering the next phase of Hild's life!<br />As to the ethno-genesis question, I think you are absolutely right that it is all about stories/narratives. But in the light of events during my lifetime (and I am thinking of Rwanda and Bosnia in particular, but also Iraq and Kurdistan etc.) I find it very hard to imagine that the transition from British to Anglo-Saxon religion and culture was peaceful. On the contrary, I strongly suspect that it was extremely bloody.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07867600621032154999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-37240763388460764062014-06-05T16:47:09.497-07:002014-06-05T16:47:09.497-07:00Hello Nicola - It is after midnight here in Irelan...Hello Nicola - It is after midnight here in Ireland and I just bumped into your blog. I wanted to email you but I do not use Outlook and that seems to be the only way to email you. I am working on a 7th century novel myself, but there is little to no overlap with Hild. Would be glad to have some contact with you. Moire <br />msionnach@yahoo.ieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-28162094724093444662014-05-24T17:26:15.910-07:002014-05-24T17:26:15.910-07:00Whatever dress it wears, I hope the book sells mad...Whatever dress it wears, I hope the book sells madly in the UK! And go into many future editions allowing for further experiments with cover art. Maybe the Balbussos' painting could be used in its entirety.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-66872139142762296362014-05-24T14:40:03.623-07:002014-05-24T14:40:03.623-07:00Looked at on its own, the painting the Balbussos d...Looked at on its own, <a href="http://www.balbusso.com/images/stories/ae-galleries/book_fantasy/balbusso_hild.jpg" rel="nofollow">the painting the Balbussos did is absolutely gorgeous</a>. Truly lovely. But the reduced perspective of the FSG cover...well, reduces it. And changes the apparent proportions of Hild herself making it look much more YA-ish than I'd like.<br /><br />Having saId that, the FSG cover is still a beautiful thing. I am <i>not</i> complaining!<br /><br />For the UK market, the Blackfriars cover is better.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-20700977527279007262014-05-24T03:48:45.573-07:002014-05-24T03:48:45.573-07:00Ahem -- a voice of dissent here. I love the US cov...Ahem -- a voice of dissent here. I love the US cover! I blogged about it <a href="http://emeraldcitybookreview.blogspot.com/2014/05/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-book-covers.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://emeraldcitybookreview.blogspot.com/2014/05/from-austen-to-atwood-art-of-balbusso.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> before even reading the book. However, no one representation will be right for everyone. I just wish it could have been redone completely rather than hacking out the heart of a work of art.Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-68347494458737863822014-05-20T15:00:49.057-07:002014-05-20T15:00:49.057-07:00Sharon, many thanks. I'll enjoy scrumming thro...Sharon, many thanks. I'll enjoy scrumming through this.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-25667281599307376562014-05-20T15:00:22.893-07:002014-05-20T15:00:22.893-07:00Larry, sorry for the depression! But, yes, working...Larry, sorry for the depression! But, yes, working as fast as I can...Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-45267223616598385962014-05-20T12:04:22.592-07:002014-05-20T12:04:22.592-07:00Not directly related, for which apologies--it seem...Not directly related, for which apologies--it seems that <a href="http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/8716" rel="nofollow">this write-up</a> and the landscape project it describes may be of some interest.Sharon K. Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919021425045032416noreply@blogger.com