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* BitchInSheepsClothing: In "The Leper of St Giles", [[spoiler:Simon Aguilon killed his uncle, hoping to marry Iveta in his stead, and allowed Joscelin to fall under suspicion for the murder while pretending to help him hide and pursue his own love for Iveta]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: BitchInSheepsClothing:
** In "The Leper of St Giles", [[spoiler:Simon Aguilon killed his uncle, hoping to marry Iveta in his stead, and allowed Joscelin to fall under suspicion for the murder while pretending to help him hide and pursue his own love forIveta]].Iveta]].
** [[spoiler:Miles Coliar]] in "The Rose Rent" seems initially like a decent man, but he starts showing his true colors when an idler employee at the wool business is murdered and he snaps at the man's widow to stop blubbing over someone so worthless.
** In "The Leper of St Giles", [[spoiler:Simon Aguilon killed his uncle, hoping to marry Iveta in his stead, and allowed Joscelin to fall under suspicion for the murder while pretending to help him hide and pursue his own love for
** [[spoiler:Miles Coliar]] in "The Rose Rent" seems initially like a decent man, but he starts showing his true colors when an idler employee at the wool business is murdered and he snaps at the man's widow to stop blubbing over someone so worthless.
* TheDungAges: Generally averted, but the town and people of Gwytherin are notably more primitive-looking and dirty than Shrewsbury.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The killer in "Monk's Hood" is, at the end, horrified that he's [[spoiler:killed his own father]].
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* RightUnderTheirNoses: Joscelin Lucy tries hiding in the town in "The Leper of Saint Giles", at the instigation of Simon, but his hiding place is betrayed. He has better luck when the leper Lazarus shelters him under one of their cloaks, because people avoid looking at them.
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* RightUnderTheirNoses: RightUnderTheirNoses:
** Joscelin Lucy tries hiding in the town in "The Leper of Saint Giles", at the instigation of Simon, but his hiding place is betrayed. He has better luck when the leper Lazarus shelters him under one of their cloaks, because people avoid looking atthem.them.
** When Hynde abducts Judith in an attempt to coerce her into marriage, he imprisons her in a disused warehouse in her own wool business. (This also fails because an employee of hers does, in fact, figure out where she's being kept.)
** Joscelin Lucy tries hiding in the town in "The Leper of Saint Giles", at the instigation of Simon, but his hiding place is betrayed. He has better luck when the leper Lazarus shelters him under one of their cloaks, because people avoid looking at
** When Hynde abducts Judith in an attempt to coerce her into marriage, he imprisons her in a disused warehouse in her own wool business. (This also fails because an employee of hers does, in fact, figure out where she's being kept.)
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* TakingTheHeat: Meriet Apsley loudly confesses to having killed Clemence when the body is found in a charcoal mound, thinking that [[spoiler:it was done by his beloved older brother, Tristan. The murder was really done by Janyn, Tristan's best friend and future brother-in-law.]]
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* TakingTheHeat: When the authorities imprison an innocent vagabond on suspicion of killing Clemence, Meriet Apsley loudly confesses to having killed Clemence when the body is found in a charcoal mound, thinking that [[spoiler:it murder. [[spoiler:He thinks it was done by his beloved older brother, Tristan. The murder Though unwilling to point the finger at Tristan, he was really done by also unwilling to let a wholly uninvolved person die for it. (In the end, the killer turns out to have been Janyn, Tristan's best friend and future brother-in-law.]])]]
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* DuelToTheDeath: In "The Leper of St. Giles", [[spoiler:Cadfael and Hugh decide that Lazarus--aka Guimar de Massard--can go uncharged for Picard's death because they met in "single combat" with Lazarus unarmed by necessity and Picard fully capable of combat. Under these circumstances, the death is not a murder]].
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* DuelToTheDeath: DuelToTheDeath:
** One takes place in the first episode between Hugh and [[spoiler:Sheriff Corcelle]] to determine if the accused is guilty, as King Stephan's war plans will not allow him to stay in Shrewsbury long enough to preside over the trial of one of his officials.
** In "The Leper of St. Giles", [[spoiler:Cadfael and Hugh decide that Lazarus--aka Guimar deMassard--can go uncharged for Picard's death because Massard--did kill Picard, but that they met "met in "single combat" single combat". Lazarus, fighting with Lazarus unarmed by necessity his bare hands against the armed and Picard fully capable of combat. Under these circumstances, the death is prepared Picard, does not a murder]].count as murder.]]
** One takes place in the first episode between Hugh and [[spoiler:Sheriff Corcelle]] to determine if the accused is guilty, as King Stephan's war plans will not allow him to stay in Shrewsbury long enough to preside over the trial of one of his officials.
** In "The Leper of St. Giles", [[spoiler:Cadfael and Hugh decide that Lazarus--aka Guimar de
* JuxtapositionOfBirthAndDeath: Done with an animal birth in "Sanctuary Sparrow." Cadfael, aglow in the satisfaction of delivering a newborn foal, washes up in the river and spots Pesh's floating corpse.
--> "He was ruining her life, so I ended his."
* RunForTheBorder: Attempting to escape into Wales, where English authorities have no jurisdiction, comes up multiple times over the series.
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** In "Monk's Hood", [[spoiler: Cadfael does catch the murderer and expose him in public. That done, though, he lets the man go, on the grounds that he is a SympatheticMurderer who clearly repents of his sin.]]
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** In "Monk's Hood", [[spoiler: Cadfael does catch the murderer and expose exposes him in public. That done, though, he lets the man go, on the grounds that he is a SympatheticMurderer who clearly repents of his sin.]]
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* {{Whatevermancy}}: In "The Holy Thief" the monks of Shrewsbury resort to bibliomancy to determine who should have the bones of St. Winifred. The three claimants each are blindfolded and point to a random phrase in the Bible, and this is said to be a way of determining which claim is just, by interpreting the Bible verses.
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** [[https://aelarsen.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/cadfael-medieval-murders/ This website]] goes through some other historical liberties the series takes, like the existence of inns (not really a thing in King Stephen's time) and Cadfael's anachronistic knowledge of anatomy (he is able to reassemble a disarticulated skeleton in "The Pilgrim of Hate").
* InNameOnly: Series finale "The Pilgrim of Hate" is ostensibly an adaptation of the Ellis Peters novel of the same name, but bears little resemblance to the book other than a couple of character names. The 12 previous episodes were much more faithful adaptations of Peters novels.
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* NewOldFlame: Richildis, in "Monk's Hood."
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* NewOldFlame: Richildis, in "Monk's Hood."" It turns out that long ago she was engaged to Cadfael before he went off on crusade. After eight years of waiting for him to return she got married to the nobleman who is murdered in this episode.
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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Walter]] in "The Pilgrim of Hate".
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* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Walter]] Walter in "The Pilgrim of Hate".Hate". He pretends to be a cripple in order to bind his sister Melangell to him, but he's just faking it.
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* HowWeGotHere: "The Potter's Field" opens with the monks finding a body buried in said field. Then the action jumps back a year to show how Brother Ruald, once a potter, abandoned his wife to become a monk. The body is suspected to be that of his wife.
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** In "The Holy Thief", Tutilo is in jail, due to be hanged the next morning for a murder he didn't commit. Cadfael gives some "poppy juice" (opium) to his lover Daalny, to give to Tutilo to calm him down...but ''not'' to give him the whole bottle because it will knock him out cold, and ''not'' to put it in wine so he won't even taste it. Once Daalny catches on, she gives the poppy juice to the jailer in wine, and once he's unconscious, she sets Tutilo free.
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* MurderByInaction: "The Raven in the Foregate" ends with the reveal that Cynric saw Father Ailnoth stuck in the bridge, did nothing to help him, and then watched Ailnoth fall through and drown. Of course, Ailnoth the AssholeVictim deserved it.
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* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Cynric says that he could do nothing to save Ailnoth, as he had been struck in the head during his fall from the bridge and this he took him for dead. The audience, however, is shown that he saw Ailnoth struggling to keep from falling to his death and refused to help]].
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* UnreliableNarrator: UnreliableVoiceover: [[spoiler:Cynric says that he could do nothing to save Ailnoth, as he had been struck in the head during his fall from the bridge and this he took him for dead. The audience, however, is shown that he saw Ailnoth struggling to keep from falling to his death and refused to help]].
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* SinisterMinister: Father Ailnoth has no interest in carrying out the actual office of minister. His main concerns are extracting profit from the fields that his predecessor had allowed the villagers to use, saving his own soul, and most of all pursuing the enemies of King Steven. He treats his parish with impatience and disdain and his refusal to accept Eleanor's confession makes an enemy of the entire Foregate.
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* SinisterMinister: Father Ailnoth has no interest in carrying out the actual office of minister. His main concerns are extracting profit from the fields that his predecessor had allowed the villagers to use, saving his own soul, and most of all pursuing the enemies of King Steven.Stephen. He treats his parish with impatience and disdain and his refusal to accept Eleanor's confession makes an enemy of the entire Foregate.
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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: In the first scene of "The Raven in the Foregate" the monks ride past a severed head, presumably of a Maud partisan captured by Stephen's men, set out on a pike.
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* AllNaturalSnakeOil: An old lady sells charms, amulets, and potions--including a flask of lotion that will "sustain a man from dusk till dawn" which Oswin innocently takes to mean it will prevent sleepiness. Cadfael gets a whiff of it and informs him that it's made of belladonna and monkshood.
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* AllNaturalSnakeOil: An In "St. Peter's Fair", an old lady sells charms, amulets, and potions--including a flask of lotion that will "sustain a man from dusk till dawn" which Oswin innocently takes to mean it will prevent sleepiness. Cadfael gets a whiff of it and informs him that it's made of belladonna and monkshood.monkshood.
-->'''Oswin''': Will it keep you awake all night?\\
'''Old crone''': Oh, it'll keep you up all right.
-->'''Oswin''': Will it keep you awake all night?\\
'''Old crone''': Oh, it'll keep you up all right.
* MomentKiller: In "St. Peter's Fair", Corbiere is tenderly wiping Emma's face after rescuing her from being raped, and it seems like a kiss is imminent. Then clueless Brother Oswin blunders in and kills the moment.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Godith as a male novice. Cadfael does see through it immediately, but it's implied that it's due to his experience in the world. It takes an armsman accidentally grabbing her chest for anyone else to figure it out.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Godith as a male novice. She doesn't even bother to cut her hair. Cadfael does see through it immediately, but it's implied that it's due to his experience in the world. It takes an armsman accidentally grabbing her chest for anyone else to figure it out.
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** A mob of angry villagers wielding torches march into town in "St. Peter's Fair". They resent the fair, which forces them to close their shops for three days and which requires them to pay a tax.
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Cadfael (Creator/DerekJacobi) is a middle aged monk who took up the cowl after abandoning the violent, passionate life of a soldier. It was in UsefulNotes/TheCrusades that he learned how to fight with a sword, which he often wears under his robes during dangerous missions. Yes, he may have sworn off violence, but he knows enough about the world to know that his vocation alone will not protect him from dangerous men. Cadfael's keen senses, ability to communicate with people, and EncyclopaedicKnowledge of herbs and plants make him the perfect forensic expert -- a fact which has not gone unnoticed by the local sheriff, Hugh Beringar (Creator/SeanPertwee), Beringar, who often sends for Brother Cadfael whenever a mysterious corpse turns up in the town.
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Creator/SeanPertwee played Hugh Beringer in the first four episodes only. Future stars who appeared in this series include Creator/TobyJones, Creator/TaraFitzgerald, Creator/StephenMoyer, Creator/AnnaFriel, Creator/JonnyLeeMiller, and Creator/NatashaMcElhone. Creator/JulianGlover also pops up in one episode.
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* KubrickStare: From a deranged Brother Columbanus, kneeling at an altar in "A Morbid Taste for Bones", as he describes how he murdered Lord Rhysart in order to get St. Winifred's ashes.
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[[BritishBrevity A 13-episode British series]] based on the ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'' murder mystery novels of Creator/EllisPeters. It's rather unorthodox in its choice of setting: 12th-century Shrewsbury, in [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Shropshire]] near the Welsh border -- a time of civil war, disease and strife, where Death is a frequent visitor. Many are those who would take advantage of this fact to conceal a murder. After all, who would notice one suspicious corpse amongst so many?
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[[BritishBrevity A 13-episode British series]] series]], based on the ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'' murder mystery novels of Creator/EllisPeters. Creator/EllisPeters, which aired from 1994 to 1998. It's rather unorthodox in its choice of setting: 12th-century Shrewsbury, in [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Shropshire]] near the Welsh border -- a time of civil war, disease and strife, where Death is a frequent visitor. Many are those who would take advantage of this fact to conceal a murder. After all, who would notice one suspicious corpse amongst so many?
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Future stars who appeared in this series include Creator/TobyJones, Creator/TaraFitzgerald, Creator/StephenMoyer, Creator/AnnaFriel, Creator/JulianGlover, Creator/JonnyLeeMiller, and Creator/NatashaMcElhone.
Creator/NatashaMcElhone. Creator/JulianGlover also pops up in one episode.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Brother Meriet, a novice who is pretty darn ill-suited to being a monk, is whipped in "The Devil's Novice" after he assaults Brother Jerome.
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* FingertipDrugAnaysis: How Cadfael determines that the stains in the snow are red wine, not blood ("The Virgin in the Ice").
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* AGlassInTheHand: Cadfael manages to shatter a clay beaker in his own hand while arguing over Brother Oswin's possible guilt. Snapping at Jerome about which hand is cut and which is bloody leads to his EurekaMoment.
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* AGlassInTheHand: Cadfael manages to shatter a clay beaker in his own hand while arguing over Brother Oswin's possible guilt.guilt ("The Virgin in the Ice"). Snapping at Jerome about which hand is cut and which is bloody leads to his EurekaMoment.
* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: A series of these deductions form the solution to "The Virgin in the Ice". Cadfael deduces that Brother Oswin could not have killed Sister Hilaria because his wound was on the left side and would not have stained the left side of Hilaria's shift if he had smothered her. He then realizes that Lord Boterel was wounded on the right side, and further was in the company of a person who had a knife and was left-handed, namely Lady Ermina. So after Boterel tried to rape Ermina and she stabbed him, he then raped and murdered Hilaria.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: "The Virgin in the Ice" opens with Brother Oswin fleeing on foot through a blizzard with a nun, Sister Hilaria. They manage to find shelter in a barn. Sister Hilaria says that they have to huddle close together to avoid freezing to death. Sex follows, although Oswin, being a monk, feels pretty terrible about it afterwards.
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: "The Virgin in the Ice" opens with Brother Oswin fleeing on foot through a blizzard with a nun, Sister Hilaria. They manage to find shelter in a barn. Sister Hilaria says that they have to huddle close together to avoid freezing to death. Sex follows, although Oswin, being a monk, feels pretty terrible about it afterwards.
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* TakingTheBullet: Susanna takes an arrow for her lover Iestyn at the climax of episode 2, "The Sanctuary Sparrow", and is killed.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** In episode 1 Cadfael refers to opium poppy by its Latin classification, ''Papaver somniferum''. The Linnaean taxonomy system was not invented for centuries after the show's setting.
** In episode 2 the peasant children splashing in the river wear pants, necessary for the TV censor, but ridiculous for the period.
** In episode 1 Cadfael refers to opium poppy by its Latin classification, ''Papaver somniferum''. The Linnaean taxonomy system was not invented for centuries after the show's setting.
** In episode 2 the peasant children splashing in the river wear pants, necessary for the TV censor, but ridiculous for the period.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cadfael knocks a sword from an aggressive soldier's hand in the first episode, showing that while he may now be a peaceful monk, he was once a badass.
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* Meriet Apsley loudly confesses to having killed Clemence when the body is found in a charcoal mound, thinking that [[spoiler:it was done by his beloved older brother, Tristan. The murder was really done by Janyn.]]
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*TakingTheHeat: Meriet Apsley loudly confesses to having killed Clemence when the body is found in a charcoal mound, thinking that [[spoiler:it was done by his beloved older brother, Tristan. The murder was really done by Janyn.Janyn, Tristan's best friend and future brother-in-law.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Prior Robert is haughty, a stickler for the rules and often opposes Cadfael's unorthodox methods. At the same time he has shown to genuinely want the best for the abbey and others, give people the benefit of the doubt, is willing to truly apologize when he is wrong, and even he finds Brother Jerome's attidue and nature at times to be too much.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Abbots Heribert and Radulfus really were abbbots of Shrewsbury Abbey in the 1130s and 1140s, and Radulfus's appointment really was the result of a legatine council convoked by Alberic of Ostia in 1138. Prior Robert Pennant also existed and eventually succeeded Radulfus. Their characterization is fictional, however.
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