Medieval Tales and Stories 108 Prose Narratives of the Middle Ages

by Appelbaum, Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780486414072
• ISBN10: 0486414078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-02
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Stories chosen from 10 medieval collections (Disciplina clericalis, Dolopathos, Il Novellino, Gesta Romanorum, Il Pecorone, Les cent nouvelles nouvelles, etc.) offer a wonderful glimpse into many elements of medieval culturewitchcraft, magic, Crusaders, astrology, alchemy, pacts with the Devil, chivalry, trial by torture, church councils, mercantile life, such famous figures as Abelard, Dante, and Giotto, and much more.

Author Biography

Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Medieval Short Story in Its Context	ix
Sources of the Stories	xv
From Disciplina clericalis	1	(22)
Pedro Alfonso
Half-Friends and Whole Friends	2	(3)
Paying Duties on Defects	5	(1)
Guilt by Association	6	(1)
The Injured Eye	6	(1)
The Sheet Ruse	7	(1)
The Sword Ruse	7	(1)
The Endless Story	8	(1)
The Ruse with the Well	9	(1)
The Ten Coffers	10	(2)
The Ten Casks of Oil	12	(2)
The Golden Snake	14	(1)
The Three Dreams	15	(1)
The Royal Tailor's Apprentice	16	(1)
The Peasant and the Bird	17	(1)
The Plowman, the Wolf, and the Fox	18	(1)
The Moonbeam	19	(1)
Maimundus the Slave	20	(3)
From Dolopathos	23	(22)
Jean de Haute-Seille
The Faithful Hound	24	(2)
The Resourceful Burglars	26	(5)
The Heartless Creditor	31	(3)
The Widow's Son	34	(1)
The Highwayman's Sons	35	(5)
The Swan Children	40	(5)
From Srmones feriales et communes	45	(12)
Jacques de Vitry
The Stag among the Oxen	46	(1)
The Demon Abbey	46	(2)
Celestial Hospitality	48	(2)
The King and His Astrologer	50	(1)
The Hermit Served by a Devil	51	(1)
The Bishop's Horse	51	(1)
Self-Crucifixion	52	(1)
Abelard's Unusual Lectures	53	(1)
Saint Theobald and the Demon	53	(1)
The Pledged Beard	54	(1)
Too Much Olive Oil	54	(1)
The Daughter of the Count of Toulouse	55	(1)
Stinking Money	56	(1)
From II Novellino	57	(22)
The Three Gems	58	(1)
The Imprisoned Philosopher	59	(1)
The Right Way to Spend Money	60	(2)
Meliadus and the Fearless Knight	62	(1)
God and the Minstrel	63	(1)
A Bad Rate of Exchange	64	(1)
A Romantic Triangle	65	(1)
The Emperor's Face	66	(2)
The Determined Widow	68	(3)
The Blind Men's Dispute	71	(2)
The Maligned Youth	73	(1)
The Massacre of the Elderly	74	(5)
From Gesta Romanorum	79	(26)
The Pirates' Captive	80	(1)
The Story of Saint Alexis	81	(4)
The Story of Saint Julian the Hospitaler	85	(1)
The Weeping Dog	86	(1)
Who Is Free from Cares?	87	(2)
The Overbearing Emperor	89	(4)
Lady-of-Solace	93	(1)
The Memorial Suit of Armor	94	(1)
The Rocky Path and the Level Path	95	(2)
The Golden Apple	97	(1)
God's Mysterious Ways	98	(3)
The Three Valuable Gifts	101	(2)
The Household Snake	103	(2)
From El Conde Lucanor	105	(23)
Juan Manuel
Satisfying Public Opinion	106	(2)
Partridges for Supper	108	(3)
An Incident at the Siege of Seville	111	(1)
An Experiment in Alchemy	112	(2)
A Lesson from the Crows	114	(2)
Testing Three Princes	116	(2)
A Vendor of Good Sense	118	(1)
A Spur to Good Deeds	119	(1)
The Devil and the Devotee	120	(3)
True Spanish Chivalry and Loyalty	123	(2)
A Pact with the Devil	125	(3)
From II Pecorone	128	(35)
Giovanni Fiorentino
The Pound of Flesh	129	(13)
A Lay Brother at the Pope's Council	142	(4)
The Robe with the Silken Seat	146	(2)
A War Fought for Love	148	(10)
Hell Hath No Fury	158	(5)
From II Trecentonvelle	163	(37)
Franco Sacchetti
Rewarded for Vilification	164	(2)
The Vicissitudes of Fortune	166	(3)
Giotto's Unwelcome Client	169	(1)
Strange Doings of City Councilmen	170	(3)
The Living Crucifix	173	(5)
Taming a Shrew	178	(2)
Dante, the Good Neighbor	180	(2)
A Runaway Horse	182	(4)
Adventures of a Florentine Painter	186	(3)
A Shower of Ink	189	(3)
Dreams of Glory	192	(2)
The Demon Cockroaches	194	(3)
The Crab's Revenge	197	(3)
From Les cent nouvelles nouvelles	200	(28)
Tamping and Fishing	201	(5)
Anecdotes about Talbot in France	206	(3)
The Virgin Husband	209	(4)
An Expasperating Greyhound	213	(3)
The Devil from the Latrine	216	(2)
A Daring Rescue	218	(3)
A New Way to Recover Lost Property	221	(1)
The Dog's Legacy	222	(1)
A Disastrous Elopement	223	(5)
From Dil Ulenspiegel	228	(1)
A Violent Easter Play	229	(1)
The Miracle Cure	230	(1)
Invisible Murals	231	(3)
A Village Without Cuckolds	234	(1)
A Papal Interview	235	(2)
Eulenspiegel's Dying Confession	237	(2)
The Tailor's Convention	239	(1)
The Old Woman's Subterfuge	240	(1)
Charity to the Blind	241