tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post2538419999904849268..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Handfast Ceremony - Then and NowDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-50647869283671261172014-10-26T10:45:41.098-07:002014-10-26T10:45:41.098-07:00Dear Adairs -I have not come across in any histori...Dear Adairs -I have not come across in any historical sources an account of the ritual as you describe it; it is likely Ms Gabaldon's own "informed imagining", which as a novelist she conjured as being true to her characters' natures and times... Best of luck on your own book.Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-73329613654170540312014-10-25T17:30:11.505-07:002014-10-25T17:30:11.505-07:00I am writing a partial historical fiction novel, a...I am writing a partial historical fiction novel, a period piece on 17th century Scotland. I did read Diana Gabaldon's 1st Outlander book. I have never read before about the cutting with the dirk and the binding of blood with the handfasting are you familiar with this?<br />The Adairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890328999356321464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15886466975563231232014-10-25T13:50:06.567-07:002014-10-25T13:50:06.567-07:00Interesting article. I have also heard ideas of th...Interesting article. I have also heard ideas of the giving and receiving of swords as part of Norse and by implictaion Saxon weddings. Richard Denninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04100630477156445021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-50389935196593570982014-10-25T05:55:40.513-07:002014-10-25T05:55:40.513-07:00Many thanks Lindsay and Carol; it is always a plea...Many thanks Lindsay and Carol; it is always a pleasure to feel I have aided my brother and sister authors in their own work. We do so much research it is a blessing to share it!Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-20230211866174484692014-10-25T03:39:29.909-07:002014-10-25T03:39:29.909-07:00Well of course I loved reading this having written...Well of course I loved reading this having written a novel called The Handfasted Wife. I think you provide lovely suggestions for today's handfastings too. Excellent post.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-69404894642868798872014-10-25T01:52:44.850-07:002014-10-25T01:52:44.850-07:00Interesting and very informative. In one of my upc...Interesting and very informative. In one of my upcoming regency books, set in Scotland, I was thinking of having a handfasting and now I've information which will make it more accurateLindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716003019499843582noreply@blogger.com