What I'm using in my story is two gods, the Divine Father and Divine Mother, and directly below are the patron saints of the dukedoms, all using a very Catholic styled foundation with a few tweaks to fit my system. There will be other minor 'blasphemous' religions, but I haven't decided quite...
I have a book in my writer's library, I believe the title is something like 'A Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England', and it has a great bit about medieval calendars and timekeeping.
I agree, wood or clay would be the most likely in this situation, horn and bone might also be a good choice if the character is more of a hunter, for lack of better term.
My story's calendar is a 13 month system, based on the 13 holy saints. To keep it comparable to the American calendar to help readers, and admittedly myself, each month is 28 days to keep on track with the moon cycle, and one seperate Holy Day to keep it at 365 days.
Rather than naming the...
What I'm attempting to create is very similar to the spread of Christianity in our world, where the religion of the victorious takes over the united lands, but adherents of the old ways are still in pockets among the different lands. There is little conflict at most times, but when things go...
Hello to all!
I am a former reading teacher and basketball coach now set on getting my medieval-esque fantasy novel going. Found this site today while looking for ideas for a name for the entire kingdom and decided that it seemed a good place to place roots and sign up.
Good luck to all of you...