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Voices from a Medieval Village
Candlewick
August 2007
On Sale: July 24, 2007
96 pages
ISBN: 0763615781
EAN: 9780763615789
Hardcover
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Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays
out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two
unforgettable characters. Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers
will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced
to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued
Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the
peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to
save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging
Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate
half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more.
With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand
affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy
Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic
gems equally suited to silent reading or performance.
Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd —
inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated
poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty,
historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an
exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
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