Medieval Ballads: Chivalry, Romance, and Everyday Life 
Subtitle: A Critical Anthology
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780820431390
Subjects: General; Middle English Poetry (1100-1500); Poetry; Ballads, English; English poetry; Knights and knighthood; Middle English, 1100-1500; Texts
Description: Despite their status as the major literature of the medieval commoner, the ballads of the Middle Ages have remained generally inaccessible. The present collection provides for the first time a comprehensive selection of these important poems in modern translation, organized according to theme and accorded brief synopses of their sources, motifs, interpretive problems, and cross-references. Moreover, Prof.

Morgan's critical introduction establishes a social and historical context for the ballads of chivalry and romance and a general framework for their reading.