Tournaments & Rebellion in Historical Fiction
Gone Medieval
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Adam DeNorten's Return to England
Adam DeNorten has been on the continent with his mentor Robert Dunstmanville. They decide early in 1264 to return to England, having heard that this war is about to break out. Adam is by far the more earnest of the two. He's idealistic and believes or comes to believe that this rebellion might actually create a better kingdom. But as he follows de Montfort’s army, they indulged in bloodshed of their own directed against the Jewish community in London. There was a terrible episode of this in London in Holy Week of 1264, where between three and 500 people were killed.
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