A Medieval Storybook /

A Medieval Storybook / / ed. by Morris Bishop.

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"Medieval men were great storytellers. In the long dark of winter evenings, there was not much to do but tell stories and sing songs. At country markets, professional narrators and ballad-singers profitably drew clusters of auditors, ready to pay with their farthings. The stories were mostly ol...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
HerausgeberIn:
Bishop, Morris,
MitwirkendeR:
Boccaccio, Giovanni,
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
Fiorentino, Giovanni,
France, Marie de,
Grammaticus, Saxo,
Heisterbach, Caesarius of,
Leroi, Leroi,
Malory, Thomas,
Manuel, Juan,
Sacchetti, Franco,
Voragine, Jacobus de,
TeilnehmendeR:
Kingsbury, Alison Mason.
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 6 b&w line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Romances of King Arthur's Count
  • The Story of Merlin
  • The Sword in the Stone
  • Launcelot, Elaine, and Guenever
  • Tristan's End
  • II. Adventures and Escapades
  • The Story of Frithjof and Ingebjorg
  • Amleth's Revenge
  • A Knight Who Made a Bargain with a Merchant
  • A Story of beyond the Sea
  • The Cruelty of Francesco Orsini
  • A Night in Naples
  • III. Lovers' Weal and Woe
  • The Dapple-Gray Palfrey
  • The Lay of the Nightingale
  • The Falcon
  • IV. Wonders and Prodigies
  • The Life of Saint Brandon
  • The Famous History of Friar Bacon
  • V. Moral Tales
  • The Execrable Devices of Old Women
  • Of the Cunning of the Devil, and of the Secret Judgments of God
  • Of the Transgressions and Wounds of the Soul
  • Of Extreme Fear
  • The Marvelous Conversion of the Blessed Hildegund, Virgin
  • The Cleric Who Deflowered a Jewish Maiden
  • How the Novice Theobald Conquered His Pride
  • Friar Juniper
  • VI. Merry Tales and Salty Fictions
  • Of the Churl Who Won Paradise
  • A Dean and a Magician
  • King Ben Abit and Queen Romaquia
  • A Profound Judgment
  • The Pear Tree
  • Fra Cipolla
  • A Father's Wise Counsel
  • The Rustic Ambassadors
  • The Noble Crest
  • Sacchetti and the Astrologer
  • The Blind Man of Orvieto
  • The Reeve's Tale

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