The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
Cast:Derek Jacobi , Michael Culver , Julian Firth , Terrence Hardiman , Mark Charnock , Albie Woodington , Eoin McCarthy , Sean Pertwee , Peter Copley , Raymond Llewellyn , Anthony Green , Gábor Urmai , Sarah Badel , Shane Hickmott , Steven Beard , Robin Laing , Julian Glover , John Bennett
A beautiful, wealthy widow turns her back on the world to find solace with the church and gives her house over to the abbey for the rent of a single white rose each year.
Multiple homicides, a local tradesmen's revolt, and intrigue taint Shrewsbury's annual 3-day fair and strain Cadfael's friendship with Hugh Beringar.
An unpopular Puritanical priest new to Shrewsbury refuses to give a pregnant young girl absolution resulting in her apparent suicide.