tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post3297058145969732392..comments2023-04-03T09:34:37.841-04:00Comments on Romantoes: Medieval Mysteries' Sins of OmissionRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-75197103921368771232009-07-20T12:50:48.625-04:002009-07-20T12:50:48.625-04:00Great analysis, Tom. Why do authors always assume...Great analysis, Tom. Why do authors always assume we have to "relate" to a character in order for hir to serve as a window into another world? (That big about sterilizing instruments is hi-larious, BTW. What a crock!) What I like about history is the mixture of the familiar with the weird and utterly foreign, and that these coexist without conflict (as you suggest in the character Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-87786085130472017312009-07-20T11:32:47.231-04:002009-07-20T11:32:47.231-04:00I thought it was interesting how Franklin depicted...I thought it was interesting how Franklin depicted nearly all of the Christians as crazy Jew-haters, frauds, or kind-hearted gluttons. <br /><br />I guess that's how we understand the middle ages these days-a society tainted by its beliefs. No attempt to try to understand those beliefs.ejnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-77244815490584450432009-07-19T14:12:45.851-04:002009-07-19T14:12:45.851-04:00Both Peters and Saylor were very good at creating ...Both Peters and Saylor were very good at creating characters that fit in with the morals and mindsets of their time -- at least, as well as I can judge ;) <br /><br />I can handle a balance between modern sensibilities and historical accuracy in my recreational reading, but all too often it swings far over the line.Ericahttp://www.mental-hygiene.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-17356851707053826982009-07-19T12:45:30.578-04:002009-07-19T12:45:30.578-04:00I think you've hit on why I don't care for...I think you've hit on why I don't care for a lot of historical fiction, mystery or otherwise, these days: the modern sensibility is always so very present, as though today's readers are too stupid to understand a different world and its truths and prejudices and mores and ways. I liked the one Cadfael book I read, and I seem to remember that the one Steven Saylor Ancient Rome book I Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577274295584935366noreply@blogger.com