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The Resource Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the middle ages, Nicholas Orme

Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the middle ages, Nicholas Orme

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Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the middle ages
Title
Fleas, flies, and friars
Title remainder
children's poetry from the middle ages
Statement of responsibility
Nicholas Orme
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Language
eng
Summary
Medieval children lived in a world rich in poetry, from lullabies, nursery rhymes, and songs to riddles, tongue twisters, and nonsensical verses. They read or listened to stories in verse: ballads of Robin Hood, romances, and comic tales. Poems were composed to teach them how to behave, eat at meals, hunt game, and even learn Latin and French. In Fleas, Flies, and Friars, Nicholas Orme, an expert on childhood in the Middle Ages, has gathered a wide variety of children's verse that circulated in England beginning in the 1400s, providing a way for modern readers of all ages to experience the medieval world through the eyes of its children. In his delightful treasury of medieval children's verse, Orme does a masterful job of recovering a lively and largely unknown tradition, preserving the playfulness of the originals while clearly explaining their meaning, significance, or context. Poems written in Latin or French have been translated into English, and Middle English has been modernized. Fleas, Flies, and Friars has five parts. The first two contain short lyrical pieces and fragments, together with excerpts from essays in verse that address childhood or were written for children. The third part presents poems for young people about behavior. The fourth contains three long stories and the fifth brings together verse relating to education and school life
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Midwest
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hoopla (Digital media service)
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Orme, Nicholas
Dewey number
821.108
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Children's poetry, English
  • Children's poetry, French
  • Children's poetry, Latin
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adult
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Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the middle ages, Nicholas Orme
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online resource
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rdacarrier.
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent.
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MWT12427413
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unknown
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1 online resource.
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  • online
  • electronic
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Digital content provided by hoopla
Isbn
9780801464638
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(electronic bk.)
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computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
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  • c
Publisher number
MWT12427413
Specific material designation
remote
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12427413
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Label
Fleas, flies, and friars : children's poetry from the middle ages, Nicholas Orme
Link
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
MWT12427413
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Isbn
9780801464638
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • c
Publisher number
MWT12427413
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
12427413
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web

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