{"id":11863,"date":"2019-04-24T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11863"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:19:51","slug":"the-potters-field-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11863","title":{"rendered":"The Potter’s Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Potter’s Field<\/a><\/em> (1989) Ellis Peters<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Set in England in 1143.<\/p>\n

The local potter named Ruald, abandoned his wife to take monastic vows. When a body is discovers in the field where the both once lived, it is assumed to be Generys.<\/p>\n

(H)e could have his freedom to go and become a monk, but his going didn\u2019t confer freedom on her. She could not take another husband; the one she had, monk or no, was still alive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As much as I am aware of how women were treated and viewed throughout history, I can still be amazed by just how little power women had over their own lives.<\/p>\n

In the background of the story continues the war between Stephen and Maud. I think that if that history weren’t historical fact, it would be hard to believe things could possibly have turned out as they did.<\/p>\n

This story also has several other subthreads, one of which is the illness (dying) of Donata, mother of Sulien, a young man who attempted to become a brother.<\/p>\n

You have seen her! Nothing but a handful of slender bones covered with pain for flesh and courage for skin. How dare any man look at her, and say of any matter, however daunting: We mustn\u2019t let this come to her ears, she could not bear it!<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s interesting how as humans we seek to protect those we deem to be weak, even if they don’t need the protection we seek to grant them.<\/p>\n

I think this is one of my favorite stories, simply because of the complexity of the tale, and the twists and turns it takes.<\/p>\n

Earth is innocent, he said. Only the use we make of it mars it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: MysteriousPress.com
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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