THE DEVIL IN A NUNNERY
Reading edition
THE DEVIL IN A NUNNERY
AND OTHER MEDIAEVAL TALES
BY
FRANCIS OSCAR MANN
LONDON
CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD
First published 1914
CONTENTS
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THE DEVIL IN A NUNNERY 1
LOVE AND THE LEPER WOMAN 16
HOW THE DEVIL STOLE THE PYX FROM SAINT OSBERT’S CHURCH 31
THE CRUSADER 59
HOW WILLIAM THE MASON AVENGED HIMSELF ON THE TWELVE APOSTLES 81
HOW PETER HEARD THE COCK CROW 115
THE FALL OF CASTLE BEAUMONT 128
MEG OF FOUR LANE ENDS 149
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SAINT SIMON OF BLEWBERRY 176
THE LIE OF THE FLESH 197