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Much of our modern understanding of medieval society and cultures comes through the stories people told and the way they told them. Storytelling was, for this period, not only entertainment; it was central to the law, religious ritual and teaching, as well as the primary mode of delivering news. The essays in this volume raise and discuss a number of questions concerning the strategies, contexts and narratalogical features of medieval storytelling. They look particularly at who tells the story; the audience; how a story is told and performed; and the manuscript and social context for such tales. Laurie Postlewate is Senior Lecturer, Department of French, Barnard College; Kathryn Duys is Associate Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, University of St Francis; Elizabeth Emery is Professor of French, Montclair State University.

Storytelling --- History --- Vitz, Evelyn Birge --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Story-telling --- Telling of stories --- Oral interpretation --- Children's stories --- Folklore --- Oral interpretation of fiction --- Performance --- Storytelling / History / To 1500. --- Middle Ages. --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- Middle Ages --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Medieval civilization --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- To 1500 --- Storytelling. --- book. --- cultural change. --- cultural framework. --- news delivery. --- oral performance. --- religious ritual. --- storytelling engagement. --- storytelling image. --- translation.