Medieval and Renaissance Mysteries
Medieval and Renaissance Mysteries
Medieval, "belonging
to the Middle Ages," is used here to refer to...from the period following
upon the fall of Rome in 476...to the end of the 15th century . The History
of Western Literature: ANCIENT LITERATURE" Britannica Online. <http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=macro/5003/82/0.html>
[Accessed 19 June 1998]. "Renaissance: the transitional movement
in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century
in Italy, lasting into the 17th century." < http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mweb>
[accessed 16 August 1998] Even though the terms are usually used
for Europe, for this document I am using the time periods in a general
way and applying them to all geographical areas.
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| Alison, E.M.A. | Through the Valley of Death (1983) | 1379 UK |
| Ashley, Mike | Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits (1993) | all times; all places |
| Royal Whodunnits | all times; all places | |
| Shakespearean Detectives (1998) | England | |
| Shakespearean Whodunnits (1997) | England | |
| Baldwin, Michael | Dark Lady (1998) | Renaissance London |
| Beaufort, Simon | Head for Poisoning (1998) | Rome 1100 |
| Murder in the Holy City (1997) | Rome 1100 | |
| Begiebing, Robert | Strange Death of Mistress Coffin (1991) | 1648 New Hampshire, USA |
| Benson, Ann | Burning Road (1999) | 1358 France |
| Plague Tales (1997) | 1358 England | |
| Berckman, Evelyn | Crown Estate (1976) | 1200s England |
| Bingham, Caroline | Robert the Bruce | |
| Birkhead, Margaret | Trust and Treason (1991) | 1500 England |
| Boast, Philip | Deus (1998) | |
| Resurrection (1997) | 12th Century UK | |
| Borchardt, Alice | Silver Wolf (1998) | Medieval Rome |
| Wolf King(2001) | Medieval Rome | |
| Brown, Molly | Invitation to a Funeral (1995) | Restoration England |
| Buckley, Fiona | The Doublet Affair (1998) | Elizabethan England |
| Pawn for a Queen (2002) | 1560's England | |
| Queen of Ambition (2001) | 1560's England | |
| Queen's Ransom (2000) | 1560's England | |
| To Shield the Queen (The Robsart Affair) (1997) | Elizabethan England | |
| To Ruin a Queen (2001) | 1560's England | |
| Burgess, Anthony | A Dead Man in Deptford (1996) | 16th Century England |
| Carr, John Dickson | The Devil in Velvet (1951) | Restoration England |
| Most Secret (1964) | 1670's England | |
| The Murder of Sir Edward Godfrey | ||
| Carr, Phillipa | Lion Triumphant (1973) | 1500's England |
| Miracle at St. Bruno's (1972) | 1500's England | |
| Witch from the Sea (1975) | 1500's England | |
| Chamberlain, Elinor | Snare for Witches (1948) | 1663 Massachusetts, USA |
| Chevalier, Tracy | Virgin Blue (1997) | 1490/1990 England |
| Chisholm, P.F. (Patricia Finney) | A Famine of Horses (1995) | 1592 Carlisle |
| A Plague of Angels | ||
| Season of Knives (1996) | Scottish/English Border | |
| Surfeit of Guns (1997) | 1592 West March | |
| Clancy, Gertrude | Death is a Pilgrim (1993) | 1387 Canterbury |
| Clare, Alys | Ashes of the Elements (2001) | Medieval England |
| Fortune like the Moon (2000) | Medieval England | |
| Tavern in the Morning (2002) | Medieval England | |
| Clynes, Michael (P.C. Doherty) | Brood of Vipers (1996) | Henry VIII's England |
| Gallows Murders (1996) | London | |
| Grail Murders (1994) | Henry VIII's England | |
| Poisoned Chalice (1994) | 1552 London | |
| White Rose Murders (1993) | ||
| Comber, Leon | Strange Case of Magistrate Pao (1970) | 1100 China |
| Cook, Judith | Blood on the Borders (1999) | 1592 Edinburgh |
| Death of a Lady's Maid (1997) | 1591 London | |
| Kill the Witch (1999) | 1592 | |
| Murder at the Rose (1998) | ||
| Slicing Edge of Death (1993( | Elizabethan England | |
| Cooney, Eleanor | Court of the Lion (1989) | 8th Century China |
| Deception (1993) | 8th Century China | |
| Cowan, James | Mapmaker's Dream (1996) | 15th Century Italy |
| Troubadour's Testament (1998) | 12th Century Provence | |
| Crichton, Michael | Eaters of the Dead (1997) | 922 Russia |
| Crowley, Duane | Riddle me a Murder (1986) | 1365 UK |
| Davidson, Diane | Feversham (1969) | Renaissance UK |
| Doherty, P.C. (see also Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas, C.L. Grace, Paul Harding, | Ancient Evil (1995) | 1350 Oxford |
| Angel of Death (1990) | 1298 London | |
| Assassin in the Greenwood (1993) | 1302 Nottingham | |
| Crown in Darkness (1988) | 1286 Scotland | |
| Death of a King (1985) | 1344 Europe | |
| Demon Archer (1999) | 1300's Oxford | |
| Devil's Hunt (1996) | 1303 Oxford | |
| Dove among the Harts (1990) | ||
| Fate of Princes (1990) | Medieval UK | |
| Ghostly Murders (1998) | Medieval UK | |
| Masked Man (1991) | ||
| Murder Wears a Cowl (1992) | 1302 London | |
| Prince of Darkness (1992) | 1301 London | |
| Satan in St. Mary's (1986) | 1284 London | |
| Satan's Fire (1995) | 1303 York | |
| Serpent Among the Lilies | 1429 England | |
| Song of a Dark Angel (1994) | 1302 Norfolk | |
| Soul Slayer | ||
| Spy in Chancery (1988) | 1286 Paris | |
| Tapestry of Murders (1995) | ||
| Tournament of Murders (1996) | ||
| Whyte Harte (1988) | 1404 England | |
| Dukthas, Ann (P.C. Doherty) | In the Time of the Poisoned Queen (1998) | 1558 England |
| Prince Lost to Time (1995) | 1567 Scotland | |
| A Time for the Death of a King (1995) | 16th Century England | |
| Dunnett, Dorothy | Checkmate (1975) | 1547 Scotland |
| Disorderly Knights (1966) | 1547 Scotland | |
| Game of Kings (1961) | 1547 Scotland | |
| Pawn in Frankincense (1969) | 1547 Scotland | |
| Queen's Play (1964) | 1547 Scotland | |
| Ringed Castle (1971) | 1547 Scotland | |
| Eco, Umberto | Name of the Rose (1980) | 1327 Italy |
| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Face Down Across the Western Sea (2002) | 1560's England |
| Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (2001) | 1560s England | |
| Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (2000) | 1560sEngland | |
| Face Down in the Marrow Bone Pie (1997) | 1559 England | |
| Face Down in the Winchester Geese (1999) | 1560's Glouschestershire | |
| Face Down under the Wych Elm (2002) | 1560s England | |
| Face Down upon an Herbal (1998) | 1561 Glouschestershire | |
| Eyre, Elizabeth (Jill Staynes & Margaret Storey) | Axe of an Abbot (1995) | 15th Century Italy |
| Bravo for the Bride (1994) | 15th Century Italy | |
| Curtains for the Cardinal (1993) | 15th Century Italy | |
| Death of a Duchess (1992) | 15th Century Italy | |
| Dirge for the Doge (1996) | 15th Century Italy | |
| Poison for the Prince (1994) | 15th Century Italy | |
| Frazer, Margaret (Mary Monica Pulver & Gail Frazer) | Bishop's Tale (1994) | 1434 England |
| Boy's Tale (1995) | 1435 England | |
| (Gail Frazer alone) | Clerk's Tale (2002) | England |
| (Gail Frazer alone) | Maiden's Tale (1998) | 1439 England |
| Murderer's Tale (1996) | 1437 England | |
| Novice's Tale (1992) | 1431 England |
| Outlaw's Tale (1994) | 1434 England | |
| (Gail Frazer alone) | Prioress' Tale (1997) | 1439 England |
| (Gail Frazer alone) | Reeve's Tale (1999) | England |
| Servant's Tale (1993) | 1434 England | |
| Squire's Tale (2001) | England | |
| Furutani, Dale | Assassinate the Shogun (2000) | 17th Century Japan |
| Death at the Crossroads (1998) | 1603 Japan | |
| Death at the Jade Pavilion (1999) | 17th Century Japan | |
| Garrett, George | Death of the Fox (1991) | UK |
| Entered from the Sun | 1595 | |
| Succession (1991) | ||
| Gellis, Roberta | A Mortal Bane (1999) | 12th Century London |
| Gibbs, Tony | The Shadow Queen (1993) | |
| Gordon, Alan | Thirteenth Night (1999) | 1200 Italy | Jester Leaps In (2000) | 1202 Constantinople |
| Grace, C. L. (P.C. Doherty) | Book of Shadows (1996) | 1471 UK |
| Eye of God (1994) | 1471 UK | |
| Merchant of Death (1995) | 1471 UK | |
| Shrine of Murders (1993) | 1471 UK | |
| Gregory, Susanna | Bones of Contention (1997) | 1352 Cambridge |
| Deadly Brew (1998) | ||
| Plague on Both Your Houses (1995) | 1348 Cambridge | |
| Unholy Alliance (1996) | 1348 Cambridge | |
| Wicked Deed (1999) | Cambridge | |
| Hall, Daniel | Kemp: Passage at Arms (1996) | 14th Century UK |
| Kemp: Road to Crecy (1997) | 1346 England/France | |
| Hall, John | Special Commission (1999) | Medieval Europe |
| Harding, Paul (P.C. Doherty) | Anger of God (1993) | 1379 London |
| Assassin's Riddle (1996) | 1380 London | |
| By Murder's Bright Light (1994) | 1379 London | |
| Devil's Domain (1998) | ||
| House of Crows (1995) | 1380 London | |
| House of the Red Slayer (1992) | 1377 London | |
| Murder Most Holy (1992) | 1379 London | |
| Nightingale Gallery (1991) | 1377 London | |
| Red Slayer (1994) | ||
| Harper, Karen | Poyson Garden (1998) | Tudor England |
| Queene's Cure (2002) | Tudor England | Tidal Poole (2000) | Tudor England |
| Twylight Tower (2002) | Tudor England | |
| Hathaway-Nayne, Anne | Forever Knight:These our Revels (1998) | 1599 England |
| Herman, George | A Carnival of Fools (1994) | 15th Century Venice |
| Comedy of Murders (1994) | 15th Century Venice | |
| Tears of the Madonna (1996) | Leonardo da Vinci | |
| Highsmith, Domini | Guardian at the Gate (1996) | 1190 Yorkshire |
| Keeper at the Shrine (1995) | 1189 Yorkshire | |
| Master of the Keys (1997) | 1191 Yorkshire | |
| Holman, Sheri | Stolen Tongue (1996) | 1483 UK |
| Jakubowski, Maxim | Chronicle of Crime: Ellis Peters Memorial vol. 2 | Medieval |
| Past Poisons: Ellis Peters Memorial vol. 1 (1998) | Medieval | |
| Jecks, Michael | Abbot's Gibbet (1998) | 14th Century Devon |
| Belladonna at Bellstone (2000) | 1300's Devon | |
| The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker (2001) | 1321Exeter | |
| Crediton Killings (1997) | ||
| Last Templar (1994) | 1316 Devon | |
| Lepers Return (1993) | 1320 Devon | |
| Merchant's Partner (1995) | 1317 Devon | |
| Moorland Hanging (1996) | 1318 Devon | |
| Squire Throwleigh's Heir (1999) | 1300's Devon | |
| Sticklepath Strangler (2002) | 1300's Devon | |
| Tournament of Blood (2001) | 1300's Devon | |
| Traitor of St. Giles (2001) | 1300's Devon | |
| Kellerman, Faye | The Quality of Mercy (1992) | Elizabethan England |
| King, Ross | Ex Libris (1998) | 1593 England |
| Knight, Bernard | Awful Secret (1999) | 1194 Devon | Crowner's Quest (1999) | 1194 Devon |
| Poisoned Chalice (1998) | 1194 Exeter | |
| Sanctuary Seeker (1998) | 1194 Exeter | |
| McReynolds, Glenna | The Chalice and the Blade (1998) | Wales |
| Marston, A. E. | Dragons of Archenfield (1995) | 1086 Hereford |
| Fair Maid of Bohemia (1997) | England and Europe | |
| Foxes of Warwick (1999) | 1086 Warwick | |
| Hawks of Delamer (1998) | ||
| King's Evil (1999) | 1600's London | |
| Laughing Hangman (1996) | London | |
| Lions of the North (1996) | 1086 Yorkshire | |
| Mad Courtesan (1992) | London | |
| Merry Devils (1989) | London | |
| Nine Giants (1991) | London | |
| Queen's Head (1988) | London | |
| Ravens of Blackwater (1994) | 1086 Essex | |
| Roaring Boy (1995) | 1594 London | |
| Serpents of Harbleton (1997) | 1086 Canterbury | |
| Silent Woman (1994) | ||
| Trip to Jerusalem (1990) | ||
| Wanton Angel (1999) | London | |
| Wildcats of Exeter (1998) | Exeter | |
| Wolves of Savernake (1993) | 1086 | |
| Mason, A. E. W. | Fire over England (1936) | 1588 England & Spain |
| Morson, Ian | Falconer & the Face of God (1996) | 1264 Oxford |
| Falconer & the Great Beast (1998) | ||
| Falconer's Crusade (1994) | 1264 Oxford | |
| Falconer's Judgement (1995) | 1263 Oxford | |
| Psalm for Falconer (1997) | 1265 Lancaster | |
| Newman, Gavin | Unholy Way to Die (1999) | 16th Century England |
| Newman, Sharan | Cursed in the Blood (1998) | 12th Century Scotland |
| Death comes as Epiphany (1993) | 1139 France | |
| Devil's Door (1994) | 1140 France | |
| Difficult Saint (1999) | 12th Century France & Germany | |
| Strong as Death (1996) | 1142 France | |
| Wandering Arm (1995) | 1141 France & Spain | |
| Newman, Sharan & Miriam Grace Monfredo, editors. | Crime Through Time (1997) | all times; all places |
| Crime Through Time II (1998) | all times; all places | |
| Oldenbourg, Zoe | Cornerstone (1955/1998) | 13th Century France |
| The World is not Enough (1948/1998) | 12th Century France | |
| O'Neal, Kathleen | People of the Mist (1997) | 13th Century USA |
| Pears, Iain | An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998) | 17th Century England |
| Penman, Sharon | Cruel as the Grave (1998) | 1193 England |
| Queen's Man (1996) | 1193 England | |
| Perez-Revente, Arturo | Flanders' Panel (1990) | 1471/1990 Spain |
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Murders of Richard III (1991) | 1980s/15th Century England |
| Peters, Ellis | Brother Cadfael's Penance (1994) | 1138-1154 Shrewsbury |
| Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) | 1142 Shrewsbury | |
| Dead Man's Ransom (1984) | 1141 Shrewsbury | |
| Devil's Novice (1983) | 1140 Shrewsbury | |
| Excellent Mystery (1984) | 1141 Shrewsbury | |
| Heretic's Apprentice (1990) | Shrewsbury | |
| Hermit of Eyton Forest (1987) | Shrewsbury | |
| Holy Thief (1992) | Shrewsbury | |
| Leper of St. Giles (1981) | 1139 Shrewsbury | |
| Monk's Hood (1980) | 1138 Shrewsbury | |
| Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) | Shrewsbury & Wales | |
| One Corpse Too Many (1979) | 1138 Shrewsbury | |
| Pilgrim of Hate (1984) | 1141 Shrewsbury | |
| Potter's Field (1990) | 1143 Shrewsbury | |
| Rare Benedictine (1988) | Shrewsbury | |
| Raven in the Foregate (1986) | 1141 Shrewsbury | |
| Rose Rent (1987) | 1142 Shrewsbury | |
| St. Peter's Fair (1981) | 1139 Shrewsbury | |
| Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) | 1140 Shrewsbury | |
| Summer of the Danes (1991) | Shrewsbury & Wales | |
| Virgin in the Ice (1139) | 1139 Shrewsbury | |
| Potter, Jeremy | Disgrace and Favor (1997) | Medieval UK |
| Trial of Blood (1970) | 1536 England | |
| Price, Tim | Serpent's Kiss (1998) | 1699 England |
| Radley, Sheila | New Blood from Old Bones (1998) | Tudor England |
| Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer | One for Sorrow (1999) | 6th Century Byzantine |
| Riley, Judith | In Pursuit of the Green Lion (1990) | 1356 France |
| Vision of Light ((1989) | 1300's England | |
| Robb, Candace | Apothecary Rose (1994) | 14th Century York |
| Gift of Sanctuary (1998) | 14th Century Wales | |
| King's Bishop (1996) | 1367 York | |
| Lady Chapel (1994) | 1365 York | |
| Nun's Tale (1995) | 1365 York | |
| Riddle of St. Leonard's (1997) | 1369 York | |
| Spy for the Redeemer (1999) | 1371 York | |
| Roe, Caroline | Antidote for Avarice (1999) | 1353 Spain |
| Cure for a Charlatan (1999) | 1353 Catalonia | |
| Remedy for Treason (1998) | 1353 Spain | |
| Roessner, Michelle | Stars Dispose (1997) | 1520's Florence |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | Bundori (1996) | 17th Century Japan |
| Concubine's Tattoo (1998) | 17th Century Japan | |
| Irizumi (1998) | 17th Century Japan | |
| Johirizumi | 17th Century Japan | |
| Shinju (1994) | 17th Century Japan | |
| Way of the Traitor (1997) | 17th Century Japan | |
| Sedley, Kate | Brothers of Glastonbury (1997) | 1476 England |
| Death and the Chapman (1991) | 1471 England | |
| Eve of St. Hyacinth (1996) | 1475 England | |
| Holy Innocents (1993) | 1475 England | |
| Plymouth Cloak (1993) | 1473 England | |
| Weaver's Inheritance (1998) | England | |
| Weaver's Tale (Hanged Man) 1994 | 1474 England | |
| Wicked Winter (1997) | 1476 England | |
| Smith, Wilbur | Birds of Prey (1997) | 1667 At Sea |
| Somerset, Anne | Unnatural Murder (1998) | Renaissance England |
| Stevermer, C. J. | The Alchemist: Death of a Borgia | 1400's Italy |
| The Duke and the Veil | ||
| Tannahill, Reay | Fatal Majesty (1998) | 1542 UK |
| Tey, Josephine | Daughter of Time (1952) | 1950s/1480's England |
| Thompson, David | Mirror Maker | 16th Century Venice |
| Tourney, Leonard | Bartholomew Fair (1986) | 16th Century England |
| Familiar Spirits (1984) | 16th Century England | |
| Frobisher's Savage (1994) | 16th Century England | |
| Knaves Templar (1991) | 16th Century England | |
| Low Treason (1982) | 16th Century England | |
| Old Saxon Blood (1988) | 16th Century England | |
| The Player's Boy is Dead (1980) | 16th Century England | |
| Witness of Bones (1994) | 16th Century England | |
| Towsend | To Prove a Villain (1998) | 15th Century UK |
| Tremayne, Peter | Absolution by Murder (1993) | 664 Northumbria |
| Act of Mercy (1999) | Ireland | |
| Hemlock at Vespers (2000) | ||
| Monk who Vanished (1999) | ||
| Shroud for the Archbishop (1994) | 664 Rome | |
| Spider's Web (1997) | 666 Ireland | |
| Subtle Serpent (1996) | 666 Ireland | |
| Suffer Little Children (1995) | 665 Ireland | |
| Valley of the Shadow (1998) | Ireland | |
| Unsworth, Barry | Morality Play (1995) | Medieval UK |
| Van de Wetering, Janwillem | Judge Dee Plays his Lute (1998) | 7th Century China |
| Van Gulik, Robert | Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (1967) | 7th Century China |
| Chinese Bell Murders (1958) | 7th Century China | |
| Chinese Gold Murders (1959) | 7th Century China | |
| Chinese Lake Murders (1960) | 7th Century China | |
| Chinese Maze Murders (1962) | 7th Century China | |
| Chinese Nail Murders (1961) | 7th Century China | |
| Emperor's Pearl (1963) | 7th Century China | |
| Haunted Monastery (1963) | 7th Century China | |
| Judge Dee at Work (1992) | 7th Century China | |
| Lacquer Screen (1964) | 7th Century China | |
| Monkey and the Tiger (1965) | 7th Century China | |
| Murder in Canton (1966) | 7th Century China | |
| Necklace & Calabash (1967) | 7th Century China | |
| Phantom of the Temple (1966) | 7th Century China | |
| Poets and Murder (1968) | 7th Century China | |
| Red Pavilion (1964) | 7th Century China | |
| Willow Pattern (1965) | 7th Century China | |
| Williams, Jim | Scherzo (1998) | 1700's Venice |
| Wilson, Derek | Swarm of Heaven (1999) | 1400's Rome |
| Woodward, Ann | Exile Way (1996) | 11th Century Japan |
| Of Death & Black Rivers (1998) | 11th Century Japan | |
| Yarbro, Chelsea | Blood Roses (1998) | 1345 France |
| Communion Blood (1999) | 1600's Rome | |
| Mansions of Darkness (1996) | 1640 Peru | |
| Path of the Eclipse (1981) | 13th Century Asia | |
| Zimler, Richard | The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon | Spain |
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