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Legends of the Middle Ages
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Title: Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art
Author: H.A. Guerber
Release Date: May 27, 2004 [EBook #12455]
Language: English
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[Illustration: CORONATION OF CHARLEMAGNE.--Levy.]
LEGENDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
NARRATED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LITERATURE AND ART
BY H.A. GUERBER
"Saddle the Hippogriffs, ye Muses nine, And straight we'll ride to the land of old Romance" WIELAND
1896
DEDICATED TO MY SISTER ADELE E. GUERBER
"Men lykyn jestis for to here, And romans rede in diuers manere
"Of Brute that baron bold of hond, The first conqueroure of Englond; Of kyng Artour that was so riche, Was non in his tyme him liche.
"How kyng Charlis and Rowlond fawght With sarzyns nold they be cawght; Of Tristrem and of Ysoude the swete, How they with love first gan mete;
"Stories of diuerce thynggis, Of pryncis, prelatis, and of kynggis; Many songgis of diuers ryme, As english, frensh, and latyne." Curser Mundi.
PREFACE.
The object of this work is to familiarize young students with the legends which form the staple of mediaeval literature.
While they may owe more than is apparent at first s