Sondwic and Minster, 1000AD
Sondwic and Minster, 1000ADWith the Danish fleet away in Normandy, life in many areas turned to steady reconstruction or in the case of East Kent, to the normal rhythms of the farming and fishing year. As Spring caressed the land with its rejuvenating touch, Folcwin dedicated himself to his role as a landowner. He could not deny that the deference and respect accorded to him by his people satisfied him. Left in peace, he had no doubt that the fertility and productivity of his estates would make him wealthy and a man of notable influence. Certainly, his rise in the world from the station of a humble scribe had been nothing less than dramatic.
As an introspective person, he reflected on this and found a conundrum in the concept of peace. The delusion that the No
