Good masters! sweet ladies! : voices from a medieval village by Schlitz, Laura Amy

Good masters! sweet ladies! : voices from a medieval village
by Schlitz, Laura Amy; illustrated by Byrd, Robert

(#10309T3)

Hardcover Candlewick Press, 2007

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Description: x, 85 pages : color illustrations, color map, music; 27 cm
Dewey: 812; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 5.6

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From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (page 82-85).;Hugo, the Lord's nephew -- Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter -- Will, the plowboy -- Alice, the shepherdess -- Thomas, the doctor's son -- Constance, the pilgrim -- Mogg, the villein's daughter -- Otho, the miller's son -- Jack, the half-wit -- Simon, the knight's son -- Edgar, the falconer's son -- Isobel, the Lord's daughter -- Barbary, the mud slinger -- Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender's son, and Petronella, the merchant's daughter -- Lowdy, the varlet's child -- Pask, the runaway -- Piers, the glassblower's apprentice -- Mariot and Maud, the glassblower's daughters -- Nelly, the sniggler -- Drogo, the tanner's apprentice -- Giles, the beggar. A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.

From the Publisher
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal.

Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd -- inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany -- this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • Publication Date: July 24, 2007
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Dewey: 812
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: x, 85 pages : color illustrations, color map, music ; 27 cm
  • Tracings: Byrd, Robert, illustrator.
  • ISBN-10: 0-7636-1578-1
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-1578-9
  • LCCN: 2003-065256
  • Follett Number: 10309T3
  • Catalog Number: 0763615781
  • Reading Level: 5.6
  • Audience: Upper Elementary