A Brief History of Medieval Legends brings together the best selection of legends of the period from European chronicles, poems, and oral history.
The reader will learn the real history behind those men and women of the Middle Ages whose extraordinary exploits became legendary. Beowulf, el Cid, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Galla Placidia, William Wallace, Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, Ataulf, Saint Eulalia, Dacian, and Bishop Mailoc are just some of the historical figures that stood out in this unstable period in which ideals, honor, and love moved armies and sealed people's fates.