Legends of the Middle Ages

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Legends of the Middle Ages is narrated with special reference to literature and art by H.A. Guerber. The preface says that the object of the work is to familiarize young students with legends. The poem "Gudrun" is described as belonging to the twelfth or thirteenth century. The poem "Gudrun" is called one of the most valuable remains of ancient German literature, and is probably as old as the Nibelungenlied.

Joseph, having the Holy Grail with him, could suffer no lack, the legend says. Vespasian, the Roman emperor, is said to hear the story of Christ's passion from a knight who had just returned from the Holy Land, and to send a commission to Jerusalem to investigate the matter. An index entry for Mark, King of Cornwall, lists, among other items, Meliadus visits, Tristan and Kurvenal visit, and Tristan praises Iseult to.

About the author

H. A. Guerber

Hélène Adeline Guerber (1859-1929) was an American author and educator known for retelling myth, legend, and history in a form young students could follow. Her popular "Story of" books, among them The Story of the Romans and Myths of Greece and Rome, were widely used in American schools.