tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post5940888669523004718..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: How much for an ear? Saxon Legal CodesDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-71292956637552608642013-08-02T00:36:59.983-07:002013-08-02T00:36:59.983-07:00Thanks for your kind words. I love this period bec...Thanks for your kind words. I love this period because there is this feeling of a meeting of worlds - Saxon vs British, Christian vs Pagan and a real feeling of change that makes it exciting to read and write about.Richard Denninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04100630477156445021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-71518577735009497202013-08-01T15:03:23.645-07:002013-08-01T15:03:23.645-07:00Richard, thank you for a concise and clear introdu...Richard, thank you for a concise and clear introduction to early English law, with I think the emphasis well placed on the very real desire to rise above a chaotic state of personal vendetta. It's particularly revealing that you remind us of the new "world picture" with the coming of Christianity - Æthelburht's injunction that harm to the Church be compensated 12 fold, to the king's nine fold reparation. I commend you!Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-53341208300007378582013-08-01T06:25:44.636-07:002013-08-01T06:25:44.636-07:00Very interesting. It made a difference when not al...Very interesting. It made a difference when not all men were created equal. But at the same time, it's amazing how specific the laws were.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com