What is history, the old saying goes, but a fable agreed upon? The irony of that quote bringing up a handful of variants on the same, and attributions to at least three different people, is not lost on us. But the truth of the matter is that history is defined by – and the fictional village of Tassing, tucked away beneath the Bavarian Alps, is no different. Nearby Kiersau Abbey, which, in an arrangement uncommon to the early modern era, hosts both monks and nuns (less unusually, they’re housed separately), is desperate for funds and keeps raising taxes, arousing the ire of the local peasants; meanwhile, godfearing townsfolk are torn between offering their support
