A medieval storybook / selected and edited by Morris Bishop ; drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1970]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the rich store of medieval tales, Morris Bishop brings together a delightful collection of thirty-five stories. Some are romantic, some religious, some realistic, some even scurrilous. There are merry tales and moral tales, sagas, allegories, and fables. They vary widely in theme and their characters represent every class of medieval society. The tales in A Medieval Storybook vividly illustrate medieval life and thought. Above all they excel as stories, and demonstrate the high level attained by narrative art in the Middle Ages and the great gift the medieval writers had for creating lively and memorable characters. Some of the stories in the book were translated by Bishop; others were translated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Line drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury add considerably to the charm of this collection.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780801468339

0801468337

9781322502939

1322502935

9780801468346

0801468345

OCLC:

592279934