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	<title>Sarah Woodbury</title>
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	<description>Writing Historical Fiction and Fantasy</description>
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		<title>Betrayal in the Belfry at Bangor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1282]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And there was effected the betrayal of Llywelyn in the belfry of Bangor by his own men.&#8221; &#8211;Brut y Tywysogyon, Peniarth manuscript 20. (Chronicle of the Princes) This comment is sandwiched between the description of the defeat of the English at the Menai Straits on November 6th, and the death of Llywelyn on December 11th, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How did the potato get to Ireland?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of those anachronisms that can trip up an author of medieval fiction is the nature of medieval food. In particular, the potato, a ubiquitous British food these days, comes from the &#8220;New World&#8221; and didn&#8217;t arrive in Britain until after the Spanish conquest. &#8220;The potato was carried on to Italy and England about 1585, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover reveal! The Fourth Horseman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I am so excited to share with you the cover of the the third Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery! Thanks as always to my wonderful cover artist, Christine DeMaio-Rice of Flip City Books! May 1144. Newly wedded, Gareth and Gwen travel across the border into England on a diplomatic mission with Prince Hywel of Wales.  But when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all descended from Charlemagne &#8230; and related to each other.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlemagne, or &#8216;Charles the Great&#8217;, was the ruler of what is now France in the early Middle Ages.  He had 18 children by 10 different wives and concubines. His children then went on to populate Europe, which is why everyone with European ancestry is descended from Charlemagne.  From the BBC: &#8220;Charlemagne (Charles the Great) was king [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Roman Conquest of Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ancient Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anglesey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD, they crossed in three divisions, under the command of Aulus Plautius.  The ships are thought to have traveled from Boulogne to what is now Richborough, on the east coast of Kent. The Romans operated on a shock and awe type of warfare and eleven tribes of southeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Derfel and the Stag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Age of Saints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, St. Derfel was a Welsh saint who started out as a warrior in King Arthur&#8217;s court (right there we have a problem in the assumption that King Arthur was real, but moving on &#8230;). Late in life, he took up his vocation as an itinerant preacher, spreading the Word throughout Wales and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wales and Scotland:  War, Rebellion, and Edward I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[9th Crusade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward had his eyes on Wales for thirty years, ever since Llywelyn ap Gruffydd&#8217;s forces had swept through his lands (held custodially by Edward&#8217;s parents and guardians) in 1256.   (see my post:  http://www.sarahwoodbury.com/the-rising-of-1256/)  Llywelyn&#8217;s army marched all the way to Deheubarth that summer and fall, and set the stage of Llywelyn&#8217;s twenty year supremacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a new author &#8230; how do I get published?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me begin by saying that everyone&#8217;s journey is different and if you want to see your book in the hands of the masses, there isn&#8217;t necessarily a right way to do it, but there may be a wrong way. I spent five years submitting to agents and publishing houses. I have a wonderful agent still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Invasions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adrianople]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, different groups moved from one location to another.  Sometimes, the purpose was conquest, sometimes raiding, and sometimes it involved a quest for a better life and the intent was to settle, rather than conquer, new lands. But usually somebody was already there.  The map at right show the paths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witchcraft and Witch Trials in Wales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[common law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salem witch trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sorcery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A discovery in Tuscany might indicate an incident where a witch was killed in Tuscany:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041671/800-year-old-remains-witch-discovered-graveyard-Tuscany-Italy.html#ixzz1Z6Q83H34 They found &#8220;the 800 year old remains of what archaeologists believe was a witch from the Middle Ages after seven nails were found driven through her jaw bone . . . &#8220;  The evidence isn&#8217;t conclusive, but it is surely [...]]]></description>
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