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Sarum is his first novel taking several English families from hunter/gatherers to 1985. Through the BC era to the Middle Ages it is a bit slow and each chapter time period is a like a series of novellas but it does all come together with some interesting chapters in the Tudor/Stuart and Napoleonic Wars eras. Intersecting the families through the ages is what a Rutherfurd novel is known for and he definitely must have learnt some lessons in writing this the family connections becoming more cohesive and streamlined in his future books. One of the things that really worked in this one was his use of strong women and how they dealt with the suffocating patriarchy throughout English history. 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. Under English Heritage, excavations continue. Modern technologies allow far more to be uncovered than was thought possible, despite missing stones. Newman, John Henry; etal. (1844). St. German, Bishop of Auxerre. Lives of the English Saints. London, GB: James Toovey. Ch.X: "Britain in 429, A.D.", p.92. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. This sprawling novel follows the fortunes and losses of five families from the Stone Age through the present time. Each of the families can be identified through genetic characteristics handed down through the ages not simply physical characteristics, but attitudes and morals, too. There is plenty of action to keep readers motivated to finish the book. Rutherfurd has a style and energy all his own that should appeal to young readers of historical fiction. This book will be a hit with young adults who have the time and attention for longer

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Webber, Teresa (2011). Osmund [St Osmund] (d. 1099), bishop of Salisbury. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/20902. {{ cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored ( help) The present name seems to be a ghost word or corruption of the medieval Latin and Norman forms of the name Salisbury, such as the Sarisburie that appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. [1] (These were adaptions of the earlier names Searoburh, [2] Searobyrig, [3] and Searesbyrig, [4] [5] [6] calques of the indigenous Brittonic name with the Old English suffixes - burh and - byrig, denoting fortresses or their adjacent settlements.) The longer name was first abbreviated as Sar̅, but, as such a mark was used to contract the Latin suffix -um (common in placenames), the name was confused and became Sarum sometime around the 13th century. The earliest known use was on the seal of the St Nicholas hospital at New Salisbury, which was in use in 1239. The 14th-century Bishop Wyvil was the first to describe himself as episcopus Sarum. [7] The addition of 'old' to the name distinguished it from New Sarum, the formal name of the present-day city of Salisbury until 2009.Harper, Sally (2 January 2017). "The Experience of Worship in Late Medieval Cathedral and Parish Church". Material Religion. 13 (1): 127–130. doi: 10.1080/17432200.2017.1270593. ISSN 1743-2200. S2CID 192006233. This is another book that gets 5 stars for being a great big hunk of enjoyable cheese. But it's historical cheese! Each chapter functions as a stand-alone novella, the link between them the burgeoning town of Sarum/Sorviodunum/Old Sarum/New Sarum/Salisbury and the 5 key families around whom all chapters are centred around. Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) is continuously occupied during the Roman period. Two major settlements flourish outside the ramparts.

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Numerous other hillforts of the same period can be found locally, including Figsbury Ring to the east and Vespasian's Camp to the north. The archaeologist Sir R.C. Hoare described it as "a city of high note in the remotest periods by the several barrows near it, and its proximity to the two largest stone circles in England, namely, Stonehenge and Avebury." [a] Roman period [ edit ] Joseph, James R. (2016). Sarum Use and Disuse: A Study in Social and Liturgical History (Thesis). University of Dayton. If history lessons were like this at school, it would have been a lot more interesting. this is social and political history combined, and although we meet kings and queens, they mostly have cameo roles or are merely mentioned in passing. The great players in this tale are the common people, the merchants, soldiers and adventurers in every era who get caught up in the great events of their day. It took me a long time to read this one, it's huge but worth it. It's a history lesson disguised as fiction, and it's gorgeous.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. Sarum Use remains a permitted use for Roman Catholics, as Pope Pius V permitted the continuation of uses more than two hundred years old under the Apostolic Constitution Quo primum. [12] In practice, a brief resurgence of interest in the 19th century did not lead to a revival. [13] A final bit of praise; it is a freakin delight to read a historical epic centered around the 'domestic.' Conquests and assassinations can be fun, but wool tradin

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Baldwin, R. (1774). A Description of that Admirable Structure, the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. London, GB . Retrieved 3 January 2015– via Archive.org. SUBTITLE With the Chapels, Monuments, Grave-Stones, and their Inscriptions. To which is prefixed, an Account of Old Sarum How historically accurate is this book? It would take a historian to criticize that aspect of Rutherfurd's storytelling, though obviously everything involving the neolithic settlers, followed by the bronze age settlers, ancestors of the Celts, and pretty much everything up to Roman times, has to be more speculation than known fact. To this day, we don't know for sure exactly when Stonehenge was built or for what purpose, and I remember an Irish history professor in college telling me "Don't believe anything anyone writes about druids - crazy people write about druids." So Rutherfurd's take on the bloodthirsty rites of these Bronze Age tribesmen is probably as likely as any other.Not his best book but still an enjoyable read especially for anyone who enjoys seeing the human perspective of history. Mayer, Jean-François (2016). " 'We are westerners and must remain westerners': Orthodoxy and Western Rites in Western Europe". In Hämmerli, Maria (ed.). Orthodox Identities in Western Europe: Migration, Settlement and Innovation. London: Routledge. pp.267–290. doi: 10.4324/9781315599144. ISBN 978-1-315-59914-4. Cheung Salisbury, Matthew (2015). The secular liturgical office in late medieval England. Medieval Church Studies. Vol.36. Turnhout. doi: 10.1484/M.MCS-EB.5.112246. ISBN 978-2-503-54806-7. OCLC 895714142. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)