Sarum

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Laing, R.C. (1895). "The Book of Common Prayer and the Mass". Publications of the Catholic Truth Society. Vol.XXV. London: Catholic Truth Society. p.4 . Retrieved 1 March 2022. A first novel, Rutherfurd's sweeping saga of the area surrounding Stonehenge and Salisbury, England, covers 10,000 years and includes many generations of five families. Each family has one or more characteristic types who appear in successive centuries: the round-headed balding man who is good with his hands; the blue-eyed blonde woman who insists on having her independence; the dark, narrow-faced fisher of river waters and secrets. Their fortunes rise and fall both economically and politically, but the land triumphs over the passage of time and the ravages of humans. Rutherfurd has told the story of the land he was born in and has told it well. The verbosity of a Michener is missing, but all the other elements are present, from geology and archaeology to a rich story of human life. Highly recommended.' Coleman, Joyce (2007). "Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal—And Patron of the Gower Translations?". In Bullón-Fernández, María (ed.). England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th–15th Century: Cultural, Literary, and Political Exchanges. The New Middle Ages. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp.135–165. doi: 10.1057/9780230603103_8. ISBN 978-0-230-60310-3. Still, the love of the author for both his work, and for the area of Salisbury is obvious throughout the piece. Taken in its entirety it truly is a neat concept executed with meticulous research, casual prose, and enviable passion. It may have run out of gas near the end, but there were nonetheless enough fumes to get the book where it needed to be by the end even if some of the short-cuts prevented as much sight seeing as I would have liked.

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Historic England. "Remains of Old Sarum castle and cathedral (1015675)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 November 2021. Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1962). "Salisbury: The word 'Sarum' ". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 6. Victoria County History. University of London. pp.93–94 . Retrieved 5 November 2021– via British History Online.

Further, the final third abandoned the previously mentioned delightful recurring device, and the reader feels cheated as it had been set up as a device that one expects to see again and again.

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At the time of the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century, the area of Old Sarum seems to have formed part of the territory of the Atrebates, [9] a British tribe apparently ruled by Gaulish exiles. Although the dynasty's founder Commius had become a foe of Caesar's, his sons submitted to Augustus as client kings. Their realm became known as the Regni and the overthrow of one of them, Verica, was the casus belli used to justify the Emperor Claudius's invasion. The settlement appeared in the Welsh Chronicle of the Britons as Caer-Caradog [10] : 135 or Gradawc ( Old Welsh: kaer gradaỽc [11]) and as Caer-Wallawg. [10] : 150–151 Bishop Ussher argued for its identification with the " Cair Caratauc" [12] listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius. [13] Saxon period [ edit ] All the landholders ‘of any account’ would have included not only the king’s 170 tenants-in-chief, but at least some of their subtenants. Not only was this an act of homage on a scale unseen beforeeither inWilliam’s native Normandy or in England, but it also established a direct – and strikingly novel – bond between the king and these subtenants.I will try and finish it, 'one day', but I cannot imagine how far away 'that day' will be. Far, far, FAR away I'd say. Old Sarum is also the name of a modern settlement north-east of the monument, where there is a grass strip airfield and a small business park, and large 21st-century housing developments. Roman Sorbiodunum". Stratford Sub Castle. Salisbury, GB. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015 . Retrieved 2 January 2015. Joseph, James R. (2016). Sarum Use and Disuse: A Study in Social and Liturgical History (Thesis). University of Dayton.

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The pinnacle of Dad Fiction, and I mean that as the sincerest of compliments. Michener may have originated the 'geographical/historical saga,' but I think Rutherford perfected the form with Sarum. Medieval Sarum also seems to have had industrial facilities such as kilns and furnaces. [8] Residential areas were principally located in the two southern quadrants, built up beside the ditch protecting the inner bailey and Norman castle. [15] Henry II held his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, prisoner at Old Sarum. In the 1190s, the plain [ clarification needed] between Old Sarum and Wilton was one of five specially designated by Richard I for the holding of English tournaments. [30] Old Sarum ExP/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth . Retrieved 3 November 2021. Bates, J. Barrington (2004). "Extremely beautiful, but eminently unsatisfactory: Percy Dearmer and the healing rites of the Church, 1909–1928". Anglican and Episcopal History. 73 (2): 196–207. ISSN 0896-8039. JSTOR 42612398. The neolithic hunter-gatherers, the farming communities who built Stonehenge, the Roman invaders, the Saxons, Vikings and Normans all pass before us, and then their descendants slowly form the basis of our modern English society. It is a magnificent story, chronicling the rise and fall of noble families, the enterprise and acumen of certain individuals, both fictional and historical, and the social and political affairs of the days in which they lived.Maybe Rutherfurd should have concentrated more on the writing and character development instead of trying to simply write big books.

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a b Leeds, E.T. (1954). "The Growth of Wessex". Oxoniensia. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society. LIX: 55–56 . Retrieved 6 October 2011. The language is very easy to read, and events (such as the wars) are not presented in a Tolstoyian philosophical fashion. The narrative hooks you in, and it was a nightmare to put the book down at times. However, having conquered the first of the Rutherfurd tomes in my bookshelves, I now look forward to reading some more of him. I have never been to Salisbury, but now I feel I need to pay the place a visit. a b c Keys, David (3 December 2014). "Archaeologists find vast medieval palace buried under prehistoric fortress at Old Sarum". The Independent . Retrieved 1 January 2015. So we have mostly accessible writing over the course of various short stories, all tied together by a common setting by interweaving the stories of five families and their descendants over the course of millenia, starting with just after the ice age. It is with this formula that Sarum hooks the reader, and introduces them effortlessly to historic periods that are both known to us through documentation, and those about which we can only speculate. Sarum starts with the building of the mound that eventually would become Stonehenge and follows the adventures of the Sarum families all the way up to 1985. Sarum changes from Breton to Roman to Norman, etc. and the book shows how the families deal with these changes. It is more of a soap opera with a good historical setting. I enjoyed reading about the changes and how it affected the families that lived there.Ancient Wilts," — Sir R.C. Hoare, speaking of Stonehenge, expresses his opinion that "our earliest inhabitants were Celts, who naturally introduced with them their own buildings customs, rites, and religions ceremonies, and to them I attribute the erection of Stonehenge, and the greater part of the sepulchral memorials that still continue to render its environs so truly interesting to the antiquary and historian." Abury, or Avebury, is a village amidst the remains of an immense temple, which for magnificence and extent is supposed to have exceeded the more celebrated fabric of Stonehenge; some enthusiastic inquirers have however, carried their supposition beyond probability, and in their zeal have even supposed them to be antediluvian labours! Many of the barrows in the vicinity of Sarum have been opened, and in them several antiquarian relics have been discovered. In short, the whole county is one of high antiquarian interest, and its history has been illustrated with due fidelity and research. This has led more recent scholars to doubt the original inhabitants were actually Celts. It is now believed they may have been the much earlier "Beaker People", so named for the beaker-shaped pots they made. The story covers major points of British history. The following chapter listing parallels major periods and events: Blake, Norman Francis; etal. (1984). English Historical Linguistics: Studies in development. CECTAL Conference Papers Series. Vol.3. Sheffield, GB: Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language. Judgement: If you have a LOT of spare time, and love historical fiction, then I totally recommend this book. If not... I would recommend his shorter novel, "Princes of Ireland", or maybe just another author with shorter books. 3/5 stars. Running against the inexorable advances of the plot is the second major focus of interest for the reader: the dramatic irony of historical forgetfulness. Each successive period is almost completely ignorant of the era that has gone before. What the characters do not know, the reader is constantly being reminded of, and history begins to develop a sense of humor and pathos. Thus a poor, storm-beaten vagabond in 1480 prays for a sign from God as to which road he should take on his journey and is treated to a miraculous indicator in the form of a lightning bolt that burns an absolutely straight path across a cornfield (it points to London): "How could he know that buried underneath the cornfield, for a thousand years, a small, metalled Roman road had lain hidden, along which, since it was a perfect conductor, the huge bolt of lightning had earthed itself?" Medieval faith thus rests upon a technical fact shared by the imperial Romans and modern history...