middle ages

A prose retelling of the 13th-century epic poem that follows the fluctuating fortunes of Gudrun, daughter of a king, who spends many years as the hostage of the evil Queen of Normandy.

Recounts some of the most exciting quests and adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

In the late 1100s, thirteen-year-old Will, the future Lord of Shackley, is exiled to Sherwood Forest, where he meets Robin Hood and the Merry Men and bands with them to try retake Shackley Castle.

The rise of feudalism (5:05) -- Secrets of Britain's castles (31:09) / produced by ITN Factual for The Travel Channel -- Medieval and Renaissance Europe (5:21) -- Early modern Europe (5:01). A look at some aspects of medieval civilization. Examines how the feudal system emerged; covers the history and legends behind Britain's castles; shows how the Christian church and European kings came to power; and journeys to Italy to explore how developments in science, religion, philosophy, and the arts gave rise to a cultural reawakening across Europe.

War has cast its cold shadow over the kingdom of Moltovia, but finally, peace appears to be at hand.

Translates the fourteenth-century work, in which ten young Florentine noblemen and women tell one hundred stories while fleeing the Black Death in 1348.

A fairy godmother-in-training is sent to help angry seventeen-year-old Tansy, who reluctantly is staying with her father and his new wife while her mother and sister are travelling, but the unfortunate result of this intended help is chaos and confusion.

A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker's assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper.