Frideswide in Oxford. That’s the monastery Cardinal Wolsey dissolved and Henry the Eighth subsequently re-founded as the College of Christ Church after he broke with Rome in order to divorce his wife and wed the Boleyn girl. The parchments with the monk’s writings were found some year...
Oh oh. There’s trouble. Damn, one of the galleys in the harbor is sinking. I hope it’s not one of ours. Well there’s nothing I can do from up here; Harold will have to sort it out. Suddenly a shout from down at the foot of the stone stairs jerks my attent...
Frideswide in Oxford. That’s the monastery Cardinal Wolsey dissolved and Henry the Eighth subsequently re-founded as the College of Christ Church after he broke with Rome in order to divorce his wife and wed the royal whore. The parchments with the monk’s writings were found in a trun...
@@@@@ We’re munching on our bread and cheese in the cool of the early morning and the sun is still behind the castle towering above us when the castle gate opens - and a large force of mounted knights and running men comes hurrying out. They obviously intend to form up and come straight d...
By Martin Archer PREFACE This is the fourth of the great medieval stories taken from the parchments written by an unknown monk of the Priory of St. Frideswide in Oxford. That’s the monastery Cardinal Wolsey dissolved and Henry the Eighth subseque...
The Preface It all started in the huge Byzantine Empire some twenty or so years ago in 1182 when the Emperor in Constantinople gave in to the demands of his merchants and priests and launched what everyone now calls the “Massacre of the Latins.” ...