At Kim’s blog, Outtakes of a Historical Novelist, you’ll find posts about history, writing, and anything else that inspires her or piques her curiosity. Kim is also a contributor to Unusual Historicals and English Historical Fiction Authors.
Kim Rendfeld Outtakes of a Historical Novelist
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A Tough Choice for Boniface
by Kim Rendfeld on January 23, 2019 at 11:11 am
It’s a bit of a cliché, but as I compared Archbishop Boniface in 741 and his mentor, Bishop Willibrord, in …Continue reading &rarr […]
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Portable Reliquaries: Bringing the Medieval Pilgrimage Home
by Kim Rendfeld on January 3, 2019 at 11:00 am
In 757, if we are to believe the Royal Frankish Annals, Tassilo, the teenage duke of Bavaria, visited Frankish King …Continue reading &rarr […]
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Beyond Baby-Making: The Role of Carolingian Queens
by Kim Rendfeld on December 19, 2018 at 11:01 am
Although seldom mentioned in annals, queens in Carolingian era (eighth and ninth century Francia) had a much more important role …Continue reading &rarr […]
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Rebuilding Paderborn: Charlemagne’s Political Statement
by Kim Rendfeld on November 14, 2018 at 11:45 am
For Frankish King Charles (Charlemagne), building a palace at the Saxon settlement of Paderborn was a way to physically impose …Continue reading &rarr […]
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No One Would Believe an Oath Stops Murderers
by Kim Rendfeld on October 17, 2018 at 10:00 am
The ninth century monk Notker the Stammerer has an interesting take on the discovery of the plot to overthrow Charlemagne …Continue reading &rarr […]