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Brother Cadfael is the herbalist in the Benedictine monastery in [[The High Middle Ages|12th-century]] Shrewsbury. He is a former soldier who became a monk in later life and consequently has a more worldly experience and outlook than many of his colleagues. |
Brother Cadfael is the herbalist in the Benedictine monastery in [[The High Middle Ages|12th-century]] Shrewsbury. He is a former soldier who became a monk in later life and consequently has a more worldly experience and outlook than many of his colleagues. |
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Inspired the 1990s TV series ''[[Cadfael (TV)|Cadfael]]'', with [[Derek Jacobi]] in the title role. Also, [[The BBC]] adapted some of the books for radio. |
Inspired the 1990s TV series ''[[Cadfael (TV series)|Cadfael]]'', with [[Derek Jacobi]] in the title role. Also, [[The BBC]] adapted some of the books for radio. |
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== Books in this series == |
== Books in this series == |
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* ''A Morbid Taste for Bones'' (1977) |
* ''A Morbid Taste for Bones'' (1977) |
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* [[Faking the Dead]] |
* [[Faking the Dead]] |
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* [[Fix Fic]]: [[The Reveal]] in ''One Corpse too Many'' offers a possible explanation for a historical action (kill all ninety-four defenders of the Empress' claim to Shrewsbury) by King Stephen that was totally [[Out of Character]] for him. |
* [[Fix Fic]]: [[The Reveal]] in ''One Corpse too Many'' offers a possible explanation for a historical action (kill all ninety-four defenders of the Empress' claim to Shrewsbury) by King Stephen that was totally [[Out of Character]] for him. |
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* [[Friend on the Force]]: Sheriff Hugh Beringar is Cadfael's |
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* [[Genius Bonus]]: Cadfael's conflicts with Prior Robert and other conservative monks are a microcosm of the intellectual conflict then raging in Western Europe between neo-Aristotelianism and Augustinianism. Neo-Aristotelianism originated in the Middle East, where Cadfael spent his youth. |
* [[Genius Bonus]]: Cadfael's conflicts with Prior Robert and other conservative monks are a microcosm of the intellectual conflict then raging in Western Europe between neo-Aristotelianism and Augustinianism. Neo-Aristotelianism originated in the Middle East, where Cadfael spent his youth. |
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* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Avice of Thornbury aka Sister Magdalen. Also Eluned from ''The Raven in the Foregate'', a sweet girl who can't say no. |
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Avice of Thornbury aka Sister Magdalen. Also Eluned from ''The Raven in the Foregate'', a sweet girl who can't say no. |
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* [[Moustache De Plume]] |
* [[Moustache De Plume]] |
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* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]] - Olivier to Empress Maude. He is presented as pure and noble for it instead of gray. |
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]] - Olivier to Empress Maude. He is presented as pure and noble for it instead of gray. |
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* [[Needle in |
* [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]] |
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* [[Never Suicide]]: Or at least never acknowledge that it is suicide - a mortal sin that would deprive the victim of Christian burial. |
* [[Never Suicide]]: Or at least never acknowledge that it is suicide - a mortal sin that would deprive the victim of Christian burial. |
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* [[New Old Flame]]: Richildis, in the Cadfael novel ''Monk's-Hood'' |
* [[New Old Flame]]: Richildis, in the Cadfael novel ''Monk's-Hood'' |
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* [[Taking the Heat]]: In ''Potter's Field'' {{spoiler|a young man tries to take the blame for a murder he believes his father committed - to protect the family name. As it happens his mother knows the truth and it's not what anybody expects.}} |
* [[Taking the Heat]]: In ''Potter's Field'' {{spoiler|a young man tries to take the blame for a murder he believes his father committed - to protect the family name. As it happens his mother knows the truth and it's not what anybody expects.}} |
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* [[That Old Time Prescription]] |
* [[That Old Time Prescription]] |
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* [[Trial |
* [[Trial by Combat]] |
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* [[The Uriah Gambit]] |
* [[The Uriah Gambit]] |
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* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Some recent American editions change Peters's spelling of Celtic and Norman names, apparently because the publishers think readers are morons. The worst: changing '''Olivier''' de Bretagne into '''Oliver'''. |
* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Some recent American editions change Peters's spelling of Celtic and Norman names, apparently because the publishers think readers are morons. The worst: changing '''Olivier''' de Bretagne into '''Oliver'''. |