tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post6359034793569230340..comments2023-11-29T07:39:34.401+00:00Comments on Carla Nayland Historical Fiction: The Tribute Bride, by Theresa Tomlinson. Book reviewCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-52518922932426400912014-09-24T11:17:54.319+01:002014-09-24T11:17:54.319+01:00Gabriele - Kathleen Herbert's short book '...Gabriele - Kathleen Herbert's short book 'Peaceweavers and Shieldmaidens' is an interesting discussion, if you haven't already read it.<br /><br />Rick - surely a whole gold star :-) Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-74051901570460766032014-09-23T19:19:09.085+01:002014-09-23T19:19:09.085+01:00True that since you've been in touch with the ...True that since you've been in touch with the author, the setting and story are hardly out of the blue. Still rather enchanting, I'd think, to see another and rather compatible take on the period.<br /><br />I give myself half a gold star for peaceweaver - I figured that 'peace' would be rendered with a Germanic root, something like 'frieda-, while 'weaver' was already of OE derivation. <br /><br />Lovely term!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-39066744473067529732014-09-21T12:41:27.639+01:002014-09-21T12:41:27.639+01:00Interesting tidbit, I didn't know the role of ...Interesting tidbit, I didn't know the role of women in dynastic marriages was <i>supposed</i> to be an active one; though some would use the chance for sure.<br /><br />Now I wonder even more about the role of Eadgyth in her marriage to Otto of Germany. Were there plans for closer dynastic relations? Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-73147424097323995482014-09-19T21:13:04.532+01:002014-09-19T21:13:04.532+01:00Rick - in a way, although Theresa has previously w...Rick - in a way, although Theresa has previously written two novels set only a generation or two later, so I'm reasonably familiar with her take on the seventh century and it's not incompatible with mine, which is nice :-) We also talked quite a bit about Acha by email, so I had a sort of forewarning of some of the turns in the story.<br /><br />Yes, the Old English word 'frithuwebbe' was a contemporary term applied to noblewomen who made dynastic marriages between families or kingdoms. The literal translation is 'peace weaver'. It's a lovely expression, as you say, and it also has more than one layer of meaning. Weaving in Old English had both the literal sense and a metaphorical sense of 'weaving' fate. So the peaceweaver bride was intended to take an active role to 'weave' the two kindreds together, and her success (or otherwise) would influence the fate of both.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-33395845674836388132014-09-15T15:45:32.704+01:002014-09-15T15:45:32.704+01:00It must be a fascinating experience to read anothe...It must be a fascinating experience to read another author's take on this period, not a 'Top 40' historical era!<br /><br />Is 'peaceweaver' a period term (or translation of)? In any case, what a wonderful expression!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.com