Hero Tales Told In School

Excerpt from Hero Tales Told in School Scarcely inferior to these latter, but not so well known to English-speaking people, are the tales of knighthood and chivalry that commemorate the romantic deeds of Charlemagne and his paladins. Written in various languages, and at periods widely separated, these tales present a curious mixture of fact and fiction, Of the real and the marvellous, Of the beautiful and the grotesque, Of pagan superstition and Christian devotion. Although there were, in truth, no knights in the time of Charlemagne, and the ih stitution of chivalry did not exist until many years later, yet these legends are of value as por traying life and manners in that period Of history which we call the Dark Ages; and their pictures Of knightly courage and generosity, faithfulness, and loyalty, appeal to our nobler feelings and stir our hearts with admiration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.