Description:
This book introduces the story of the 'Green Children' and how it has been interpreted. Analysing the two accounts, and offering fresh translations from the Latin originals, it considers what the historians tell us happened.
Brief description:
John Clark was for many years curator of the medieval collections at the Museum of London. Since retiring in 2009, he has continued research, lecturing and writing on topics including the history and archaeology of medieval London, medieval folklore and legends and their relationship to 'real' history, and medieval horses and horse equipment.
Review Quotes:
This is an extensively researched and referenced study... It is a fascinating, and despite its deep scholarship, an accessible account of how stories and legends develop and are interpreted and exploited through antiquarian studies and modern re-workings.