tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post6352483597988229387..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: The House on the Strand and Sir Otto Bodrugan (1290-1331)Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-64136728852600779182020-01-21T12:22:16.759+00:002020-01-21T12:22:16.759+00:00Thank you, Viola! Yes, it's a wonderful novel....Thank you, Viola! Yes, it's a wonderful novel.<br /><br />Sami, as far as I know, Cornish didn't die out as a native language until as late as the 18th century.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-47253814428238091322020-01-19T21:48:40.932+00:002020-01-19T21:48:40.932+00:00This is very interesting, Kathryn. I actually exch...This is very interesting, Kathryn. I actually exchanged a book for an old Penguin copy of this at the Greenwich railway station and I will be reading it again soon. It is great to have more information about the historical characters. I can certainly understand why this is your favourite book. I have always loved it too.Violahttp://www.royalrendezvous.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-75020765765797751532020-01-19T20:58:48.911+00:002020-01-19T20:58:48.911+00:00Couple things came to my mind:
1. How different w...Couple things came to my mind:<br /><br />1. How different were the Cornish people at this time? Was Cornish already gone as a spoken language etc? I know that men from east England had great difficulties to understand the dialect even when speaking English with men from various districts of the realm. Yorkshire men spoke a dialect that made them sound almost as foreigners to Londoners etc. One reason why the great armies of the time where not too effective and could be defeated by a smaller, much tighter opponent.<br /><br />2. The quite early death of Otto.<br />In the absence of inflammatory drugs even a small infection could develop into a real hazard. It is possible that he might have cut himself accidentally, ignored a tiny scratch which the developed into a sepsis or other of such nature. <br /><br />Ironically the low born were in better position as many healers in the rural regions and country side knew the natural medications and herbs better than the official doctors in many cases. For example, the resin of the spruces and pines is antibacterial and now it is sold as purified ointment in pharmacies in Finland. My grand father used it for my wound when I cut my self with a knife when I was a kid and it worked even during the hottest summer. No infection at all. <br /><br />Unfortunately many men and women who knew about the medicines of the nature were seen as witches and suffered for this culminating withe Great Witch Hunt of the 1600's when tens of thousands of mid wives, healers and others were killed as witches.sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.com