-=>While in the White Hart, Steven Horn explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 SH> Adding to my  message of Aug 02 1996 to you:
 
 SH> Remember that we in Canada were colonials a lot longer than you
 SH> were.:-)  So there are still some things we get first.
Well, I guess "fair's fair."   
 SH> Ellis Peters wrote a number of superb historical novels under the
 SH> name of Edith Pargeter.  Four of them were part of the Brothers of
 SH> Gwynned quartet which focus on Anglo-Welsh relations in the
I had seen them listed in some of the various book catalogues that I get
regularly in the mail.  Think I bought a book from one of them once, so I'm
on numerous strange, obscure, and intriguing lists.
 SH> Enough for another gross.  As you know, Cadfael's Penance stopped
 SH> in 1146 and Henry II did not secure the throne until 1154.
I guess we will never know now.   Do you think someone else will continue
the "Brother Cadfael" series?
 SH> My sense is that Cadfael would have viewed Henry II realistically. 
 SH> And by all accounts Henry was a cool and calculating customer --
I think it would have been interesting to read the encounter--she doesn't
seem to glamorize the "real characters" that much.  I can't even guess if
she was on either Stephen or Maud's "side."  Cadfael didn't seem to see too
much difference between them--both flawed characters who shared
responsibility for continuing the war.
 SH> As for Eustace, I assume you mean Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne. 
 SH> His claim was no better than Stephen's and if one forgets about the
 SH> feudal requirement that only males could inherit a fief, Maud
 SH> (Matilda) had the better claim to the throne after the death of
I gather she was Henry's designated heir, but Stephen got there first.  Was
it the bias against women rulers that brought about Stephen's coronation?
 SH> In any case, Eustace died in 1153.  That made the question
 SH> academic. 
Does simplify the situation, doesn't it?
Sort of like many authors who kill off characters because leaving them
around at the end will cause problems.
 SH> Did this ever reach you, Fred?
Bit confused here. Is this a second message you sent?  If so, then the first
disappeared somewhere.
Fred Runk  Sept. 1, 1996
Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com
... Never wear anything in public that panics your cat.
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