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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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2012]
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Edition: | 1st ed |
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