Medieval Tales and Stories

Medieval Tales and Stories

Author: Stanley Appelbaum

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-02

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0486143139

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Wide-ranging stories offer a glimpse into witchcraft, magic, Crusaders, astrology, alchemy, pacts with the Devil, chivalry, trial by torture, church councils, mercantile life, other elements of Middle Ages.


Favorite Medieval Tales

Favorite Medieval Tales

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Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2002-05

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780439141345

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A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including "Beowulf," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Song of Roland," and "The Island of the Lost Children."


Medieval Tales and Stories

Medieval Tales and Stories

Author: Stanley Appelbaum

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780486414072

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Wide-ranging stories offer glimpse into witchcraft, magic, Crusaders, astrology, alchemy, pacts with the Devil, chivalry, trial by torture, church councils, mercantile life, other elements of Middle Ages.


Magic in the Margins

Magic in the Margins

Author: W. Nikola-Lisa

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780618496426

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A young apprentice learns to tap his own wellspring of creativity with the help of the magical margins of an illuminated manuscript in this story about patience, talent, and imagination. Full color.


The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales

The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales

Author: Patrick K. Ford

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0520974662

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The four stories that make up the Mabinogi, along with three additional tales from the same tradition, form this collection and compose the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle. Included are only those stories that have remained unadulterated by the influence of the French Arthurian romances, providing a rare, authentic selection of the finest works in medieval Celtic literature. This landmark edition translated by Patrick K. Ford is a literary achievement of the highest order.


Merry Ever After

Merry Ever After

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Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Contrasts the way children of different social classes were betrothed and married during the Middle Ages.


Medieval Ghost Stories

Medieval Ghost Stories

Author: Andrew Joynes

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1843832690

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"Medieval Ghost Stories" is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries; they have been found in monastic chronicles and preaching manuals, in sagas and heroic poetry, and in medieval romances. In a religious age, the tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make hair stand on end; unfailingly, these stories give a fascinating and moving glimpse into the medieval mind. Look only at the accounts of Richard Rowntree's stillborn child, glimpsed by his father tangled in swaddling clothes on the road to Santiago, or the sly habits of water sprites resting as goblets and golden rings on the surface of the river, just out of reach...


The Story of Civilization

The Story of Civilization

Author: Phillip Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781505105742

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"Children should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the ancient stories that have shaped humanity come alive like never before. Volume II, The Medieval World, continues the journey, picking up where Volume I left off just after the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Children will watch the seeds of Christendom being planted in the soil of Europe thanks to colossal figures like Saints Benedict, Patrick, and Ambrose. The wonder of the medieval world comes alive with brilliant tales of knights, crusaders, castles, and inventions"--Page [4] of cover.