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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
Author: Nicholas Orme
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, hunt game, and even learn Latin and French. I...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801451027
ISBN-10: 0801451027
Publication Date: 5/1/2012
Pages: 116
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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