Curious Myths of the Middle AgesThe Floating Press, 1 sep 2011 - 155 pagina's Step back into the romance and primal conflict of the medieval period with this collection of fairy tales and folklore from the era. Equal parts charmingly quaint and bracingly brutal, this carefully curated volume is sure to engage and enthrall readers who are curious about the myth and folklore of the Middle Ages. |
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Pagina 4
... remarkable, where the wanderer is amongst the Alps, at the brink of a hideous chasm; and seeing in the contorted pine-branches the ever-haunting scene of the Via Dolorosa, he is lured to cast himself into that black gulf in quest of ...
... remarkable, where the wanderer is amongst the Alps, at the brink of a hideous chasm; and seeing in the contorted pine-branches the ever-haunting scene of the Via Dolorosa, he is lured to cast himself into that black gulf in quest of ...
Pagina 14
... remarkable manner. He gladly listened to God's word, or heard it spoken of always with great gravity and compunction, and he ever reverenced with sighs the pronunciation of the name of God, or of Jesus Christ, and could not endure to ...
... remarkable manner. He gladly listened to God's word, or heard it spoken of always with great gravity and compunction, and he ever reverenced with sighs the pronunciation of the name of God, or of Jesus Christ, and could not endure to ...
Pagina 19
... and to excite the imagination in the outline of the story, that it is remarkable that we should find an interval of three centuries elapse between its first introduction into Europe by Matthew Paris and Philip Mouskes, and 19.
... and to excite the imagination in the outline of the story, that it is remarkable that we should find an interval of three centuries elapse between its first introduction into Europe by Matthew Paris and Philip Mouskes, and 19.
Pagina 110
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Pagina 120
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Inhoudsopgave
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The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus | 59 |
William Tell | 72 |
The Dog Gellert | 86 |
Tailed Men | 94 |
Antichrist and Pope Joan | 104 |
The Man in the Moon | 121 |
The Mountain of Venus | 133 |
Fatality of Numbers | 142 |
The Terrestrial Paradise | 158 |
Endnotes | 167 |
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