Medieval Ghost Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Ghost Stories write by Andrew Joynes. This book was released on 2006. Medieval Ghost Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Medieval Ghost Stories" is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries; they have been found in monastic chronicles and preaching manuals, in sagas and heroic poetry, and in medieval romances. In a religious age, the tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make hair stand on end; unfailingly, these stories give a fascinating and moving glimpse into the medieval mind. Look only at the accounts of Richard Rowntree's stillborn child, glimpsed by his father tangled in swaddling clothes on the road to Santiago, or the sly habits of water sprites resting as goblets and golden rings on the surface of the river, just out of reach...
Ghosts in the Middle Ages
Ghosts in the Middle Ages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghosts in the Middle Ages write by Jean-Claude Schmitt. This book was released on 1998-04-28. Ghosts in the Middle Ages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this fascinating study, Schmitt examines the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts during the Middle Ages and traces the imaginative, political, and religious contexts of these everyday haunts. Ghosts were pitiful or terrifying, usually solitary, creatures who arose from their tombs to haunt their friends and relatives. Including numerous color illustrations of ghosts and their trappings, this book presents a unique and intriguing look at medieval culture. 28 color plates.
The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings
The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings write by Dan Jones. This book was released on 2021-10-07. The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A chilling medieval ghost story, first written by a 15th-century monk and now retold by historian Dan Jones.
Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James
Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James write by Patrick J. Murphy. This book was released on 2017-02-28. Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Montague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time—classics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for radio and television and have never gone out of print. But while James is best known as a fiction writer and storyteller, he was also a provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and Eton College, and a legendary and influential scholar whose pioneering work in the study of biblical texts and medieval manuscripts, art, and architecture is still relevant today. In Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Patrick J. Murphy argues that these twin careers are inextricably linked. James’s research not only informed his fiction but also reflected his anxieties about the nature of academic life and explored the delicate divide between professional, university men and erratic hobbyists or antiquaries. Murphy shows how detailed attention to the scholarly inspirations behind James’s fiction provides considerable insight into a formative moment in medieval studies, as well as into James’s methods as a master stylist of understated horror. During his life, James often claimed that his stories were mere entertainments—pleasing distractions from a life largely defined by academic discipline and restraint—and readers over the years have been content to take him at his word. This intriguing volume, however, convincingly proves otherwise.
Eight Ghosts
Eight Ghosts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eight Ghosts write by Sarah Perry. This book was released on 2017-09-28. Eight Ghosts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. 'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.' The Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.' Daily Express Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. 'Subtly evocative of human relations loss, grief, or the fear of loneliness.' TLS 'A satisfying and spooky read.' Sun Also includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said to be haunted.
