Medieval Books

I have/am working on compiling a list of of books I've read and haven't read from medieval to renaissance. I'll giving you the gist of what's in them, if I've read them *(IR) or if I haven't read them *(HR), and whether I sugest them for a more mature crowd or younger crowd. Most of the age gouping is for the amount of old english in it because some people don't like it/ or can't quite get into it/ don't understand it.

I am still working on this page so if it dosen't have all the information for each book I will try and remedy that is soon as possible.

 

Thanks, Chimagne

Middle Ages



Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
*Youth/Mature, able to read and understand very thick old english.
*(HR) Almost finished reading.....
---VERY detailed, and VERY long. I will probably have to read it again in order to really understand all the detailed discriptions and the old english.



The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson
*Youth/Mature, able to read and understand very thick old english.
*(HR)
---Set during the War of the Roses. I had to read the frist chapter  3 times before I could understand who was talking. Not to mention the two times before I had tried to start reading it.



The Scottish Chiefs - Jane Porter
*Youth/Mature, able to read and understand very thick old english.
*(HR)
---A book of William Wallace ( and some Robert Bruce too) A glorious plenty of old english.



Galstonbury - Donna Fletcher Crow
*Youth/ Mature - Should be full of old english.
*(NR)
Very thick, Almost a history book....not quite sure what all it entails. It is devided into six books between the covers.


The Fields of Baonnock Burn - Donna Fletcher Crow
*Youth/ Mature - Should have plenty of old english.
*(NR)
 I believe... it starts out modern and is a book of someone telling a story.
A novel of christian Scotland from its origins to independence. Again I believe  there to be more than one book between it's covers.



The Banks of the Boyne - Donna Fletcher Crow
*Youth/ Mature - Should have plenty of old english.
*(NR)
A quest for a christian Ireland, Again it is also believed by me to have more than one book between it's covers.






The Brethren - H. Rider Hagard
* Teen/Youth, still some old english in this I belive though.
*(HR)
---A tale of the crusades, 3 cousins, love, devotion and chivalry!


Renaissance


Lysbeth; a Tale of the Dutch - H. Rider Hagard
* Teen/youth, still some old english in this I belive.
*(HR)
---Set during the inquisition....



 To Have and to Hold - Mary Johnston
* Youth, Old english but not very thick.
*(HR)
---Set in the early 1600's in James town, there is still a remnant of the beautiful old english language between it's pages. It's is a wonderful book filled with adventure and love! I passed over it many times (thought it would be boring but boy was I wrong),  but now I would regard it as one of my top favourite books.

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