Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages

About this film

LibriVox recording of Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages by Wilhelm Wägner. Read in English by thestorygirl; Mickey Lee Rich; KirksVoice; MickyMe; Matea Bracic; tommack; Avyndus; Mark Nelson; Lynette Caulkins; WilkieMills; Phantom647; Kate Follis; ZoinkMeister Patrick; Lucretia B.; Felicia Wang; Shashank Jakhmola; Stephen Harvey; Rachel Marie; Roy Lane; Andrew Howley; Adam Bielka; Cavaet; Kazbek This volume contains the principal hero-lays of the six great epic cycles of the Teutonic Middle Ages: The Langobardian Legends, the Amelung and Kindred Legends; Dietrich of Bern's Adventures; the Nibelung Legends; the Hegeling Legends; and Beowulf. To them, the author has added the great mythical Carolingian cycle, which centred round the persons of Charlemagne and his heroes, and the Breton ones of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, as well as the legend of the Holy Grail. Therefore, this one book tells all of the great epic and romances of the Middle Ages in accessible language for the general public. (Summary by Leni) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox…

Directors & creators

Wilhelm Wägner

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;King Arthur; holy grail; beowulf; langobardian lefends; nibelung; carolingian

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