| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
85 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-85). |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Setting -- Hugo, the Lord's nephew -- Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter -- Will, the plowboy -- A little background : the three-field system -- Alice, the shepherdess -- Thomas, the doctor's son -- Constance, the pilgrim -- A little background : medieval pilgrimage -- Mogg, the villein's daughter -- Otho, the miller's son -- Jack, the half-wit -- Simon, the knight's son -- A little background : the crusades -- Edgar, the falconer's son -- little background : falconry -- Isobel, the Lord's daughter -- Barbary, the mud slinger -- Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender's son and Petronella, the merchant's daughter -- A little background : Jews in medieval society -- Lowdy, the varlet's child -- Pask, the runaway -- A little background : towns and freedom -- Piers, the glassblower's apprentice -- Mariot and Maud, the glassblower's daughters -- Nelly, the sniggler -- Drago, the tanner's apprentice -- Giles, the beggar -- Bibliography. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 2.0 115900. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Subject |
Middle Ages -- Juvenile drama.
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Monologues -- Juvenile literature.
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Children's plays, American.
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Middle Ages -- Drama.
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Monologues.
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Plays.
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| Added Author |
Byrd, Robert, illustrator.
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| Note |
Original title: Villeins and vermin, simpletons and saints |
| ISBN |
0763615781 reinforced |
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9780763615789 reinforced |
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