Toni Mount > Quotes

“Justice is more important than the law.”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Murder

“why”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Cold Blood

“Much of what we know of the old gods comes from the Vikings because the Scandinavians had similar beliefs and told similar stories of their gods who had near-identical names to those of the Anglo-Saxon gods. However, the Scandinavians remained pagan for longer and so developed a written tradition before the stories were lost. Therefore, most of what we think we know about the Anglo-Saxon religion is guesswork and based on the writings of the Vikings.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

“St Paul’s became the East Minster in London while its twin foundation of St Peter’s became the West Minster.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

“Glover,”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Bone

“The old deities were definitely not forgotten and never will be while we have our English names for the days of the week: Tuesday is Tiw’s day (he was the god of war); Wednesday is Woden’s day; Thursday is Thunor’s day (he was the god of thunder); Friday is the goddess Frigg’s day and Eostre, the goddess of springtime, is remembered in the word ‘Easter’ – so that isn’t a Christian festival at all.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

“Hocktide begins on the Monday immediately following the second Sunday after Easter and is a day for men to have fun.”
― Toni Mount, How to Survive in Medieval England

“Northerner”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Bone

“Funerals always take place after dark with a procession by torchlight – men only attending – from the house of the deceased to the church. It is traditional for the priest to dig the first spadeful of earth for the grave, after which the sexton and his lad take over the hard work.”
― Toni Mount, How to Survive in Medieval England

“The Guild of Pepperers was set up in London in 1180, becoming the Worshipful Company of Grocers in 1345.”
― Toni Mount, How to Survive in Medieval England

“You would think lawyers ought to have a better knowledge of basic Latin second declension regular nouns.”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Rubies

“An English penny shall weigh 32 wheat grains from the middle of the ear and an ounce shall weigh 20 pence. And 12 ounces make a London pound and 8 pounds make a gallon of wine and 8 gallons of wine make a London bushel.”
― Toni Mount, How to Survive in Medieval England

“The sumptuary laws permitted anyone, whether pedlar or ploughman, to wear cat fur to line or trim their garments.”
― Toni Mount, The Colour of Lies