Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository

A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.

Sunday, 16 February 2014

More unusual Medieval French names.

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A few posts back I looked at Matilda [or Maud] HERE ; and a long time ago I did some work on the name Toussaine HERE and now I've been ...

Friday, 7 February 2014

A Suffolk dragon...

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There are a number of dragons in the folklore of Suffolk and Essex, all attested around the early years of the 15th century. The Suffolk bl...

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Thursday, 30 January 2014

Why Matilda [or Maud] is sometimes known as Maud [or Matilda]

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This refers to the confusion often felt by British children learning about the First British Civil War, also known as ‘The Anarchy’ bet...

Sunday, 26 January 2014

A few thoughts on Norman French and its effects on modern English

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I have a Norman French dictionary out of the library. It’s not a brilliant or extensive dictionary, being a 1978 reprint of the 1779 ...

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Sarah: Well, let me see, I'm a bibliophile, Ailurophile, technophobe and practising to be a grumpy old woman. I get irritated by glaring anachronisms in fiction, and I love to read a well researched book. I live in East Anglia in England, and I love the history that surrounds me there. My major field of interest is in textiles; I also sew.

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