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With Co-editors: Carolyn Collette, Maryanne Kowaleski, Linne Mooney, Ad Putter, and David Trotter England Was More Widely and Enduringly Francophone in the Middle Ages Than Our Now Standard Accounts of Its History, Culture and Language Allow. the French of England (also Known as Anglo-norman and Anglo-french) Is the Language of Nearly a Thousand Literary Texts, of Much Administration, and of Many Professions and Occupations. English Literary, Linguistic and Documentary History Is Deeply Interwoven Both with a Continually Evolving Spectrum of Frenches Used Within and Outside the Realm, and Cannot Be Fully Grasped in Isolation. the Essays in This Volume Open Up and Begin Writing a New Cultural History Focussed On, but Not Confined To, the Presence and Interactions of Francophone Speakers, Writers, Readers, Texts and Documents in England From the Eleventh to the Later Fifteenth Centuries. They Return Us to a Newly-alive, Multi-vocal, Complexly Multi-cultural Medieval England, in Which the Use of French and Its Interrelations with English and Other Languages Involve Many Diverse Groups of People. the Volume's Size Testifies to the Significance of England's Francophone Culture, While Its Chronological Range Shows the Need for Revision Across the Whole Span of Our Existing Narratives About Medieval English Linguistic and Cultural History.. Contributors: Henry Bainton, Michael Bennett, Julia Boffey, Richard Britnell, Carolyn Collette, Godfried Croenen, Helen Deeming, Stephanie Downes, Martha Driver, Monica H. Green, Richard Ingham, Rebecca June, Maryanne Kowaleski, Pierre Kunstmann, Francoise H. M. Le Saux, Serge Lusignan, Tim William Machan, Julia Marvin, Brian Merrilees, Ruth Nisse, Marilyn Oliva, W. Mark Ormrod, Heather Pagan, Laurie Postlewate, Jean-pascal Pouzet, Ad Putter, Geoff Rector, Delbert Russell, Thea Summerfield, Andrew Taylor, David Trotter, Elizabeth M. Tyler, Nicholas Watson, Jocelyn Wogan-browne, Robert F. Yeager

With Co-editors: Carolyn Collette, Maryanne Kowaleski, Linne Mooney, Ad Putter, and David Trotter England Was More Widely and Enduringly Francophone in the Middle Ages Than Our Now Standard Accounts of Its History, Culture and Language Allow. the French of England (also Known as Anglo-norman and Anglo-french) Is the Language of Nearly a Thousand Literary Texts, of Much Administration, and of Many Professions and Occupations. English Literary, Linguistic and Documentary History Is Deeply Interwoven Both with a Continually Evolving Spectrum of Frenches Used Within and Outside the Realm, and Cannot Be Fully Grasped in Isolation. the Essays in This Volume Open Up and Begin Writing a New Cultural History Focussed On, but Not Confined To, the Presence and Interactions of Francophone Speakers, Writers, Readers, Texts and Documents in England From the Eleventh to the Later Fifteenth Centuries. They Return Us to a Newly-alive, Multi-vocal, Complexly Multi-cultural Medieval England, in Which the Use of French and Its Interrelations with English and Other Languages Involve Many Diverse Groups of People. the Volume's Size Testifies to the Significance of England's Francophone Culture, While Its Chronological Range Shows the Need for Revision Across the Whole Span of Our Existing Narratives About Medieval English Linguistic and Cultural History.. Contributors: Henry Bainton, Michael Bennett, Julia Boffey, Richard Britnell, Carolyn Collette, Godfried Croenen, Helen Deeming, Stephanie Downes, Martha Driver, Monica H. Green, Richard Ingham, Rebecca June, Maryanne Kowaleski, Pierre Kunstmann, Francoise H. M. Le Saux, Serge Lusignan, Tim William Machan, Julia Marvin, Brian Merrilees, Ruth Nisse, Marilyn Oliva, W. Mark Ormrod, Heather Pagan, Laurie Postlewate, Jean-pascal Pouzet, Ad Putter, Geoff Rector, Delbert Russell, Thea Summerfield, Andrew Taylor, David Trotter, Elizabeth M. Tyler, Nicholas Watson, Jocelyn Wogan-browne, Robert F. Yeager

Noted anthropologist James Mooney (1861–1921) spent much of his life studying American Indians. In North Carolina, he lived for several years with the Cherokee, studying their language, culture, and mythology. His research resulted in this comprehensive volume, comprising 126 Cherokee myths, including sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, wonder stories, historical traditions, and miscellaneous myths and legends.Among the myths included are these:How the World Was Made; Origin of Strawberries; Why the Deer's Teeth Are Blunt; How the Turkey Got His Beard; The Rattlesnake's Vengeance; The Ice Man; The First Fire; Why the Possum's Tail Is Bare; The Bride from the South; The Water Cannibals; The Haunted Whirlpool; The War Medicine, and many more.In addition to his clear retelling of the myths themselves, the author provides extensive background information on Cherokee history, notes on the myths, parallels between Cherokee and other myths, and further important information. Anyone interested in mythology or Native American legend and lore will welcome this treasury of authentic tales presented in the context of Cherokee history, life, and culture.