Name origin and pronunciation Cadfael is a Welsh name derived from the words cad ("battle") and mael ("prince"). [4] Peters wrote that she found the name "Cadfael" only once in the records, …

Cadfael: With Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman. The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of …

Cadfael (Sir Derek Jacobi) is a monk at the grand Shrewsbury Abbey during the 12th century, having turned his back on the great crusades where he served as a soldier and sailor.

The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England, in the first half of the 12th century. The h...

The stories focus on Cadfael, a medieval detective who aids the law by investigating and solving murders in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.

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A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Brother Cadfael is often called on to solve murders and other crimes in …