Re: [*FSFFU*] Cadfael and medieval history

From: Edward James (E.F.James@READING.AC.UK)
Date: Thu Nov 06 1997 - 01:17:59 PST


On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Neil Rest wrote:

> Has your friend read _The Domesday Book_? I'd be curious to know her
> opinion of the depiction of Plague England.
>
>
> Neil Rest
> NeilRest@tezcat.com
>

I won't even _start_ on the _historical_ problems (I haven't time: I am
supposed to be preparing for a seminar on the Black Death this very
moment!)... But Connie Willis could at least have got her geography of
medieval Oxford right...

Edward James

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