Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
159 pages : 24 cm
Sabine Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages was first published in 1866. It became a highly popular work and went through many editions over the next 25 years. The beginning of the present century saw it eclipsed by a host of lesser, similar works (most deriving from Baring-Gould's original researches), yet for those familiar with the literature on the subject, Curious Myths remained the standard, authoritative source. It is an immensely readable volume and the only one to collect all of those strange and compelling myths and legends that are so much a part of the Middle Ages. And Edward Hardy has skillfully edited the original lengthy text into more concise form while carefully preserving Baring-Gould's style and manner. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages will appeal equally to the student of the period, the collector of folk-tales, and the reader who simply like to be amused with stories of the marvelous. The present edition is illustrated with numerous woodcuts by Albrecht Durer ...-Book Jacket
The wandering Jew -- Prester John -- The divining rod -- The seven sleepers of Ephesus -- William Tell -- The dog Gellert -- Antichrist and Pope Joan -- The man in the moon -- The mountain of Venus -- S. Patrick's Purgatory -- The terrestrial paradise -- St. George -- St. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins -- The legend of the Cross -- Schamir -- The Piper of Hameln -- Bishop Hatto -- Melusina -- The fortunate Isles -- Swan-maidens -- The Knight of the Swan -- The Sangreal -- Theophilus
159 pages : 24 cm
Sabine Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages was first published in 1866. It became a highly popular work and went through many editions over the next 25 years. The beginning of the present century saw it eclipsed by a host of lesser, similar works (most deriving from Baring-Gould's original researches), yet for those familiar with the literature on the subject, Curious Myths remained the standard, authoritative source. It is an immensely readable volume and the only one to collect all of those strange and compelling myths and legends that are so much a part of the Middle Ages. And Edward Hardy has skillfully edited the original lengthy text into more concise form while carefully preserving Baring-Gould's style and manner. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages will appeal equally to the student of the period, the collector of folk-tales, and the reader who simply like to be amused with stories of the marvelous. The present edition is illustrated with numerous woodcuts by Albrecht Durer ...-Book Jacket
The wandering Jew -- Prester John -- The divining rod -- The seven sleepers of Ephesus -- William Tell -- The dog Gellert -- Antichrist and Pope Joan -- The man in the moon -- The mountain of Venus -- S. Patrick's Purgatory -- The terrestrial paradise -- St. George -- St. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins -- The legend of the Cross -- Schamir -- The Piper of Hameln -- Bishop Hatto -- Melusina -- The fortunate Isles -- Swan-maidens -- The Knight of the Swan -- The Sangreal -- Theophilus
Reviews
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to
write a review.
