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Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the Middle Ages /

Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. They read or listened to stories in verse: ballads of Robin Hood, romances, and comic tales. Poems were composed to teach them how to behave, eat at meals...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Orme, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Middle English
Francés
Latín
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Children's poetry from the Middle Ages
  • Growing up
  • Words, rhymes, and songs
  • Manners maketh man
  • Stories
  • School days.