 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Weekend: Books - Only a woman of her time; Catherine de Medici: a biography by Leonie Frieda, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, pounds 20.(Features)
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Byline: Reviewed by Caroline Foulkes
French queens have never had it easy: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Anne of Austria and Marie Antoinette have all had a bad press, to varying degrees.
But perhaps the most notorious of all is Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II.
Through her, the Medici name became synonymous with corruption, violence and debauchery. Catherine herself has been placed alongside Valeria Messalina and Lucrezia Borgia in the annals of devious, deviant women. She was known as 'The Black Queen', 'Madame La Serpente', 'The Maggot From ...
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Storytelling as a pedagogical tool in higher education.
Magazine article from: Education
; ...gathering stories from peasant storytellers. Followers of this tradition included Peter Christian Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe, Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang, and Hans Christian Andersen (Baker, 1979). In his article entitled "Memory, Imagination...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Norwegians keep storybook tradition; Today, on Syttende Mai, Minnesotans with Norwegian roots celebrate with parades, games and church services, and - in a few homes still - they plant seeds in a new generation by sharing lilting tales of animals, fjords and trolls.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...book, few children's books were published in Norway - most were imported from Denmark - until Norwegians Peter Christian Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe began traveling the countryside and collecting folk tales. The end of the 19th century was a...
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Norwegian Folktales.(Books)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
; Norwegian Folktales From the Collection of Peter Christian Asbjornsen and Joryen Moe Norway is rich in stories of sly witches; scary and silly trolls and ogres; and brave princesses and country lads...
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Factotum.(Movie Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety
; ...Camera (color), John Christian Rosenlund; editor...Gengenbach; music, Kristin Asbjornsen; production designer...sound designer, Peter Fladeby. Reviewed at...Lensing by Norwegian John Christian Rosenlund ("The Color...
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Filming in the U.S.(Film Production Chart)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety
; ...Higlen; PROD, Gretchen Hartel; DIR, Peter Paul Basler; SCR, Higlen; DP, Joshua...SCR, Alex D'Lerma; DP, Stuart Asbjornsen ED, Jill T. Pleeter; PD, D.M...January; SCR, Susan Estelle Jansen; DP, Christian Sebaldt; PD, Rusty Smith; COS, Miye...
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