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Matthew Bartholomew is a physician and a teaching fellow at Michaelhouse at the University of Cambridge. Unusual for his time and place, he believes that washing your hands does a lot more for your health than consulting horoscopes, which doesn't sit well with many of his contemporaries. He's also the somewhat reluctant crime-solving partner of another fellow at Michaelhouse, Brother Michael, a Benedictine monk with a love of politics, intrigue, and good food. Together, TheyFightCrime as they solve the murders that plague their university town and elsewhere.

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Matthew Bartholomew is a physician and a teaching fellow at Michaelhouse at the University of Cambridge. Unusual for his time and place, he believes that washing your hands does a lot more for your health than consulting horoscopes, which doesn't sit well with many of his contemporaries. He's also the somewhat reluctant crime-solving partner of another fellow at Michaelhouse, Brother Michael, a Benedictine monk with a love of politics, intrigue, and good food. Together, TheyFightCrime they fight crime as they solve the murders that plague their university town and elsewhere.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but [[ScienceMarchesOn correct]] medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but [[ScienceMarchesOn correct]] correct]]) medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.
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A series of books written by Susanna Gregory[[hottip:*:Pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys]] that are set in the mid-1300s in and around Cambridge, England.

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A series of books written by Susanna Gregory[[hottip:*:Pseudonym Gregory[[note]]Pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys]] Cruwys[[/note]] that are set in the mid-1300s in and around Cambridge, England.
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* KilledOffForReal: Being a murder mystery series, you can expect a good many, even among regular characters.
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* BunnyEarsLaywer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but [[ScienceMarchesOn correct]] medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.

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* BunnyEarsLaywer: BunnyEarsLawyer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but [[ScienceMarchesOn correct]] medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Father William
** The Michaelhouse Choir could count as well. What they lack in talent (which is a lot) they make up in sheer volume.


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* PutOnABus: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Father William gets sent away for about a year for causing problems and helping to incite riots over perceived heresy.]]
** TheBusCameBack
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Matthew could become rich drawing up horoscopes for rich patients, but he'd much rather serve the town's poor and be paid nothing in return.
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* BunnyEarsLaywer: Matthew is viewed by many as this due to his uncommon (but [[ScienceMarchesOn correct]] medical theories, such as washing one's hands frequently and not drinking dirty water.
** Clippesby as well, who holds conversations with animals, but is a good music teacher, if not astronomy teacher.


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* CloudCuckooLander: Clippesby, overlapping with BunnyEarsLawyer.
** Matthew's student Richard Deynman shows signs of this.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Matthew and Matilde.

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: UnresolvedSexualTension: Matthew and Matilde.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Brother Michael. Just because he doesn't like to carry arms doesn't mean he can't fight back.

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* TechnicalPacifist: Brother Michael. Just because he doesn't like to carry arms doesn't mean he can't fight back. He is the son of a knight after all.
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** Michael as well [[spoiler: when he becomes the Senior Proctor of the University and begins gathering a power base.]]
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* Well-IntentionedExtremist: A few are met throughout the course of the series.

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* Well-IntentionedExtremist: WellIntentionedExtremist: A few are met throughout the course of the series.
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* TheMcCoy: Matthew, definitely. Michael to a lesser extent.
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* BadassBookworm: Many of the fellows and the students, including Matthew and Michael.
* BashBrothers: Matthew and Michael are a mild form of this, as this is how the town, university, and church view them with crime-solving abilities.
* TheBigGuy: Brother Michael, possibly to the extent of a GeniusBruiser.
** Also Langlee.


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* TheSneakyGuy: Cynric, due to being a former soldier.
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* PoisonIsEvil: Used in several books to dispatch the victims.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Matthew [[spoiler:towards Matilde, whom he loves. The day he finally decides to propose, she's already left town and disappears.]]



* TheFundamentalist: Father William is one. He's not a bad guy, just sees heresy everywhere.

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* TheFundamentalist: Father William is one. He's not a bad guy, just sees heresy everywhere.everywhere, especially in the Dominicans.



* HighClassCallGirl: Matilde, [[spoiler: although she's retired.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Yvonne de Blaston, along with others in the Guild of the Frail Sisters.



* Well-IntentionedExtremist: A few are met throughout the course of the series.

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* Well-IntentionedExtremist: A few are met throughout the course of the series.series.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Matthew and Matilde.
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* ActualPacifist: Master Kenyngham, who deplores any kind of violence and will always try to find a peaceful solution.


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* GoodShepherd: Master Kenyngham.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Clippesby is a male example.


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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Clippesby, or so he thinks. The other fellows think he's insane.
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* TheFundamentalist: Father William is one. He's not a bad guy, just sees heresy everywhere.



* TruthInTelevision: There really was great conflict between the university and the town during the time period and later. Murders between the town and gown were common enough, and riots did take place.

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* TruthInTelevision: There really was great conflict between the university and the town during the time period and later. Murders between the town and gown were common enough, and riots did take place.place.
* Well-IntentionedExtremist: A few are met throughout the course of the series.
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* BackAlleyDoctor: Though it doesn't quite fit, in today's society Robin of Grantchester would count. Surgery then was the work of barbers, not physicians, and thus they often didn't have much training. Robin is notorious in the series for losing (much) more patients than he saves.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: This is over a century before Henry VII splits with Rome, so this was pretty much TruthInTelevision.



* PlagueDoctor: Matthew was one. [[spoiler:It nearly kills him in the first book.]]



* TookALevelInBadass: Matthew in the eleventh book, [[spoiler: after spending over a year abroad searching for Matilde, including France at the Battle of Poitiers, and has grown capable with a sword as a result.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: Matthew in the eleventh book, [[spoiler: after spending over a year abroad searching for Matilde, including France at the Battle of Poitiers, and has grown capable with a sword as a result.]]]]
* TruthInTelevision: There really was great conflict between the university and the town during the time period and later. Murders between the town and gown were common enough, and riots did take place.

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!! This show series provides examples of:
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* TheMiddleAges: Set in the 1350s in Cambridge, England.
* ShownTheirWork: The author has done her research, and thus the time period is show with accuracy. The novels often come with their own historical notes to explain some
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TechnicalPacifist: Brother Michael. Just because he doesn't like to carry arms doesn't mean he can't fight back.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Matthew in the eleventh book, [[spoiler: after spending over
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''1. A Plague on Both Your Houses
2. An Unholy Alliance
3. A Bone of Contention
4. A Deadly Brew
5. A Wicked Deed
6. A Masterly Murder
7. An Order for Death
8. A Summer of Discontent
9. A Killer in Winter
10. The Hand of Justice
11. The Mark of a Murderer
12. The Tarnished Chalice
13. To Kill or Cure
14. The Devil's Disciples
15. A Vein of Deceit
16. The Killer of Pilgrims
17. Mystery in the Minster
18. Murder by the Book
19. The Lost Abbot (due June 2013)''

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