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Crispin’s early attitude about Jews reflects medieval sensibilities from outright hatred and mistrust, to the more thinking-man’s approach, much as Saint Bernard and many other contemporaries expressed. Exploring this aspect of his personality as well as the Jewish influence on the Middle Ages was interesting and refreshing.
Crispin and Jack have more murder and some new surprises to contend with when they leave London for a trip to Canterbury in the next medieval noir installment, Troubled Bones. In the meantime, I invite readers to keep abreast of Crispin’s doings on his very own blog at www.CrispinGuest.com.
Glossary
AIGLET the metal point of a lace to make it easier to thread through the lace hole.
ARRAS a tapestry.
CANONICAL HOURS also called the Divine Office. Specific hours for certain prayers by monastics, though the church bells to call to each canonical hour helped divide the day for the laity as well.
CHAPERON HOOD a shoulder cape with a hood attached.
CHEMISE shirt for both men and women, usually white. All-purpose.
COMPLINE last canonical hour of the day.
COTEHARDIE (COAT) any variety of upper-body outerwear popular from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. For men, it was a coat reaching to the thighs or below the knee, with buttons all the way down the front and sometimes at the sleeves. Worn over a chemise. Sometimes a belt was worn at the hips and sometimes the belt moved up to the waist. This is what Crispin wears.
CRESSET an iron basket used for holding wood, coals, or oil, and lit for illumination, mounted on a post as a torch in a sconce, on feet, or suspended from a pole as a lantern.
DEGRADE when knighthood is taken from a man, usually because of treason or other crimes against the crown.
GARROTE a cord wound around a stick used to strangle.
HOUPPELANDE fourteenth-century upper-body outerwear with fashionably long sleeves that touched the ground. As fashion changed, so did the collar, growing in height.
LIRIPIPE the long tail on a hat or hood.
LISTS field for jousting.
MATINS, LAUDS canonical hours, about sunrise.
NEWGATE a city gate as well as a prison.
NONE canonical hour, three p.m.
PIPKIN small clay pot or drinking vessel.
POULAINES long, pointed-toed shoes.
PRIME one of the canonical hours, about six a.m.
RONDELLE HAT broad-brimmed cloth hat.
ROUELLE a circle used in heraldry, but also a round piece of yellow cloth sewn to the breast of a gown or tunic designating the wearer as a Jew.
SENNIGHT a period of seven days, a week.
SEXT canonical hour, midday.
SHRIVE/SHRIVEN to make confession in the penitential sense.
STEWS brothels.
TERCE canonical hour, about nine a.m.
VESPERS canonical hour, evening.
VILLEIN peasant.
WHELP young dog.
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