Middle Ages (Myths and Legends series) - Hardcover

Facsimile edition. Originally published in 1909 by George G. Harrap & Company, London.

In the castles, inns and homes of medieval Europe, there can have been few more welcome guests than the minstrels, troubadours and jongleurs. Their songs and tales were both popular and familiar; and they were enjoyed by rich and poor alike.

Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, the classic culture of Greece and Rome, with its gods and legends, were forgotten; and from among the many races and tribes that had spread over Western Europe following that collapse there emerged new legends, indigenous to the newcomers. The collection in this book brings together the most famous of the European stories, some with roots dating back to pagan times, others extolling the virtues of more recent heroes, Christian paladins, kings and emperors.

Contents: Beowulf -- Gudrun -- Reynard the Fox -- The Nibelungenlied -- The Langobardian Cycle -- The Amelings -- Dietrich von Bern -- Charlemagne and His Paladins -- The Sons of Aymon -- Huon of Bordeaux -- Titurel and the Holy Grail -- Merlin -- The Round Table -- Tristan and Iseult -- Ragnar Lodbrok -- The Cid.

Illustrated with sixty pages of black-and-white plates. Includes index to poetical quotations, glossary, and index.