A 13th c. Northumbrian lady
The capital of Northumbria is York. Many crafts are represented there: leather-working including a large tannery, the working of jet, amber, iron, lead, copper alloy, gold and silver; also of glass, bone and antler; and turning wooden bowls and cups. It is also a center of clothmaking and dyeing. Our looms at Fairhall weave cloth… Continue Reading Journal entry: York
I was married to Erik of Fairhall, whose mother was a Dane and whose father was English. He died 10 years ago. Three days before we were wed, which is to say Easter of 1095, many stars were seen to fall from heaven. Not just one or two, but so many that no one could… Continue Reading Journal entry: Kings
1089. December 30. I have heard a tale, and such a tale it was! I will write a poor song from it but I must finish it later for I have neglected my duties long enough. Here is its beginning but not its end. Wealthy was Thorhall when winter struck fast the fruitful glades of… Continue Reading Journal Entry: Tale of Glam
1098. October 12. My steward Erik has brought back a leechbook* for me from Yorvik that he says he got by way of a priest. I am glad of it for the aelfcynne [elves] that dwell under the wheat field are making a misery to the harvesters and so I told him. Here is one… Continue Reading Journal Entry: Elves in the Wheatfield