Medieval History

[Puck]

For those who seek to take inspiration from medieval history for their fantasy writing (or simply for research), may be interested to know that in addition to writing fantasy fiction I also write a medieval history blog.

I try to post a new feature every week. So if you'd like to take a look I include the link below. If there are specific aspects of medieval history you'd like to research as background to any of your own work please feel free to ask me. I will try to get back with relevant info & if your questions really peak my interest I may write about it on the blog.

Home - Medieval History

 

[Prince of Spires]

Fun blog

One thing I did note is that, from a design perspective I found the actual blog articles hard to find.

 

[Puck]

At present there is only one article on there (about Robin Hood). Once I have built up a full complement it should work better. I'll probably be tweaking the format a bit this coming weekend to make everything a little clearer. (I say 'I' - my wife is the web designer).

 

[Puck]

We have tweaked this site to hopefully make it is easier to navigate (& hopefully made it look a little better). This week's blog is all about the Black Death if anyone fancies a somewhat harrowing Sunday read. Might serve as inspiration for horror writers perhaps - or if you're thinking of including a plague in your fantasy world.

 

[CupofJoe]

Thought this might be of interest to some...
How we made a video game based on medieval records

 

[Puck]

Medieval history can be a great inspiration for fantasy writing - although certain characters from medieval history are so 'fantastic' that they appear almost unbelievable. Who would have believed that the 'Universal Spider' was actually a real historic person and not the creation of a fantasy writer?

I've started writing a serialised history of the Wars of the Roses on my blog - for those who are interested in the period that so inspired George RR Martin's GoT saga. (I am aware that doing this will eventually run into Ricardian territory - and, no doubt, cat amongst the pigeons territory as a result). But I am taking this one slow and quite detailed (starting way back with Edward III). So not too many cats thrown amongst pigeons to start with I hope. Anyway, here it is:

The Wars of the Roses and the fall of the Plantagenets - Medieval History

 

[skip.knox]

Louis XI ftw!

 

[Rob Arnold]

Fascinating Wars Of The Roses piece. Look forward to more.

 

[Puck]

Louis XI ftw!

Indeed. I have to admit I am looking forward to writing about him - he was so deliciously Machiavellian that I don't think it possible for a fiction writer to have made him up. Any man who could say "If I thought my own cap knew my secrets, I would throw it into the fire." has to be worth writing about.