Life in the Middle Ages

This collection contains several hundred vivid literary pieces from the High and Later Middle Ages, mostly translated and annotated into English from rare sources. Stories include miracle stories, folk-lore, superstition, stories from chronicles, medieval science, literature and arts, noteworthy stories of individuals, and a whole section on the church and monastics. This book contains four volumes in one, and is sure to delight scholars of medieval studies, literature, and folklore.