The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles de Coster
- First Published: 1867
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: The Low Countries
- Principal Characters: Tyl Ulenspiegel, Lamme Claes, Hans Soetkin, Nele, Goedzak, Katheline, Dudzeele, Philip
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Sin or Original sin, Mental illness, Revenge, Ships, Sixteenth century, Netherlands or Dutch people, Torture, Battles, Inquisition
- Locales: Flanders
The Story:
Tyl Ulenspiegel was born with two marks, one the sign of a lucky star, the other the print of the devil’s finger. Katheline, the midwife, had a vision in which she saw Ulenspiegel as the incarnated spirit of his native Flanders. At the same time Philip of Spain was born. In her vision Katheline saw Philip as the butcher of Flanders. She was afraid.
As a boy Ulenspiegel roamed the fields of Flanders. His playmate was Nele, the illegitimate daughter of Katheline the midwife. As the children played, gloom gathered over the lowlands. The father of Philip fished...
[The entire page is 1635 words long]
