A 14-year-old girl in 1290 England resists her father's attempts to marry her off while chronicling medieval manor life in her diary.
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A 14-year-old girl in 1290 England resists her father's attempts to marry her off while chronicling medieval manor life in her diary.
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¨Catherine's mother wants to teach her the skills of the lady of the manor and to prepare her to be a gentle and patient wife. Her father only wants her to be married off, and profitably. Catherine herself hopes to become a painter, a Crusader, a maker of songs, a peddlar, a monk, a ministrel, a wart charmer... Of all the possibilities, she has ruled out only one: being sold like cheese to the highest bidder. Against a vivid background of everyday life on a medieval English manor, Catherine's ea...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Arranged marriage plots with multiple unwanted suitors; crude references to bodies and bedding.
Violence & gore
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Mentions of hangings, stillbirths, and harsh medieval punishments.
Profanity
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Mild period exclamations such as 'Corpus Bones!'
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Frequent references to saints, monks, Crusades, and Jewish expulsion from England.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Themes of forced marriage and limited options for girls in a male-dominated society.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Father's repeated attempts to sell daughter in marriage; stillbirths and systemic hardship depicted.
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