The Rose Rent

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The Rose Rent is a historical mystery novel by Ellis Peters featuring Brother Cadfael, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a widow’s unusual rent of a single rose.

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The Rose Rent canonical 3

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instanceOf Brother Cadfael novel
historical mystery novel
novel
author Ellis Peters
chronologicalOrderInSeries 13
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Abbot Radulfus
Brother Cadfael
Judith Perle
Prior Robert
featuresLocation Shrewsbury Abbey
Shrewsbury
surface form: Shrewsbury town
featuresProfession craftsman
herbalist
monk
firstPublicationDateApproximate 1986
genre historical fiction
mystery fiction
hasSubgenre medieval mystery
monastic detective fiction
hasTheme charity and obligation
conflict between secular and religious interests
grief and widowhood
love and remarriage
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySetting Shrewsbury Abbey
surface form: Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Shrewsbury
mainCharacter Brother Cadfael
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf The Cadfael Chronicles
surface form: Cadfael Chronicles
plotElement annual rent of a single white rose
murder investigation
religious house property dispute
vandalism of a rosebush
widow donates house to Shrewsbury Abbey
protagonist Brother Cadfael
publisher Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
series Brother Cadfael
settingCentury 12th century
settingCountry England
settingPlace Shrewsbury
settingYearApproximate 1140s
timePeriod Anarchy in England
Middle Ages

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Ellis Peters notableWork The Rose Rent
Hugh Beringar appearsIn The Rose Rent
Abbot Radulfus appearsIn The Rose Rent