Medieval Tales and Stories 108 Prose

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.

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.

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

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Medieval Tales and Stories 108 Prose Narratives of the Middle Ages

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