![]() ![]() ![]() Even the best-educated of medieval writers lived in a society in which oral entertainment was one of the most common types of entertainment. Considering the importance of the tales and stories for the an average medieval European, it should not be at all surprising, therefore, that many authors chose to compile the various stories that they had come into contact with into a single collection. As illustrated in the numerous writings from the medieval era, people from all walks of life often had large collections of hagiographies, fables, and fabliaux that were stored in their memories and were ready to be told whenever people needed to be entertained and, of course, distracted from what was otherwise a difficult and agonizingly short life. ![]() In an age without television, radio, or video games, men and women of all classes entertained themselves through simpler and more wholesome means – storytelling. ![]()
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