Project Gutenberg 2015-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 156 Shackford, Martha Hale 1875 1963 Legends and Satires from Mediæval Literature Produced by Chris Curnow, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Legends and Satires from Mediæval Literature" by Martha Hale Shackford is a scholarly collection of translations prepared for college students studying English poetry from the fourteenth century, likely written in the early 20th century. It compiles various poems and narratives from medieval literature, including debates, visions, pious tales, and saints' lives, thus providing an engaging glimpse into the themes and styles of the time. The opening of the book introduces readers to its purpose, which is to make medieval literature more accessible through modern translations. Shackford provides a preface explaining the difficulty in obtaining authentic texts for study and justifies the selection of pieces that are illustrative of common literary types from Chaucer's era. Among the initial content are reflections on the nature of man's body and soul, drawing on allegorical imagery to convey spiritual and philosophical themes. It sets the stage for the subsequent legends and narratives that humorously and solemnly explore love, morality, and spirituality in the context of medieval belief systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Literature, Medieval PN Text Category: Poetry Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages 359792 2025-08-19T11:34:01.919482 text/html 349282 2024-10-24T17:04:03 text/html 303079 2025-08-19T11:34:08.568421 application/epub+zip 302788 2025-08-19T11:34:03.069453 application/epub+zip 189909 2025-08-19T11:34:02.478484 application/epub+zip 420437 2025-08-19T11:34:12.249462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402301 2025-08-19T11:34:07.975462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290117 2022-09-22T03:51:42.822265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250966 2025-08-19T11:34:01.128482 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231043 2024-10-24T17:04:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16144 2025-08-19T11:34:12.389412 application/rdf+xml 10111 2025-08-19T11:34:02.599442 image/jpeg 1730 2025-08-19T11:34:02.538481 image/jpeg 273033 2025-08-19T11:34:01.950477 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog