Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village
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- Synopsis
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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.
A Newbery Award book.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 85 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780763615789
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/18/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Laura Ann Schlitz
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade, Sixth grade, Fifth grade, Tenth grade, Seventh grade, Ninth grade, Eighth grade, Eleventh grade
- Submitted By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Proofread By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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