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Fleas, Flies and Friars: Children's Poetry from the Middle Ages

Fleas, Flies and Friars: Children's Poetry from the Middle Ages


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Medieval children lived in a rich oral culture of poetry: lullabies, nursery rhymes, songs, riddles, tongue-twisters, nonsensical verses and insults. They read or listened to stories in verse: ballads of Robin Hood, romances, and comic tales. Poems were written to teach them how to behave, eat at meals, hunt game, and even to learn Latin and French. Much of this poetry is unknown and lies beyond the interests of literary scholars. Nicholas Orme s selection is the first attempt to make the whole scope of it accessible to general readers. From a wide knowledge of literary and historical sources, he has brought together an astonishing variety of verses that might have been known to children by about the year 1500, from sayings and songs to stories and school texts. The pieces in Latin and French have been translated, and those in medieval English modernised, while keeping as much as possible of their original character. The book provides a delightful way for modern readers of all ages to experience the medieval world through the eyes of the children and teenagers who made up nearly half of its population.

About the Author :
Canon Professor Nicholas Orme was born in Bristol and read History at Oxford where his teachers included W. G. Hoskins. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter and during his 43 years’ service he developed a keen interest in the local area. He was appointed an honorary lay canon of Truro Cathedral in recognition of his work in Cornwall. Now retired, he has returned to live in Oxford but continues to visit Devon and Cornwall on a regular basis.

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From various traditions to the ways in which the writings helped them learn – Fleas, Flies and Friars held me captivated from beginning to end. – The Allure of Books As ever with Orme, apparently knotty problems are accounted for with clarity and common sense, and the underlying narrative is at once laconic and sure-footed. – Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Jon Cannon


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781907605239
  • Publisher: Impress Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Impress Books
  • Height: 195 mm
  • No of Pages: 116
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 61688 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1907605231
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 116
  • Sub Title: Children's Poetry from the Middle Ages
  • Width: 130 mm


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