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 Part II. The Hansa Lands and France. 35. Crowded Audience [November 19, 1347]

I enjoyed imagining a Sámi take on the succession issues of the Hundred Years War, and am quite convinced by Bávlos's argument. I also enjoyed portraying Bishop Hemming as a linguistic dullard. It just seems to me that people who are good at listening tend to make better language learners than those who want to dictate. In this novel, Hemming is on the dictatorial side of things. Of course, I don't know that he was such; my portrayal probably reflects modern ideas of bishops more than any proofs from the medieval records regarding Hemming. Birgitta's order would eventually advocate for Hemming's canonization, although the process was cut short by the Reformation.