Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From A Medieval Village

Schlitz, L. (2007). Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

A book of monologues from characters in the Middle Ages. Each speech gives insight on a child's life during this time. There is the nephew of a lord and son of a doctor. On the other end of the spectrum there are speeches from the son of the town's miller and a runaway. The readers also hear from the daughter of a lord and a girl who assaults her out of fit of exhaustion and jealousy. Each speech gives insight on life during that time and how it differs based on the family's position in society but also that there are many things that these kids have in common.

The author writes that she wrote this book so that students at her school could gain an understanding of life during the 1200s. It is essentially a history lesson. The language is true to the time period. Even with footnotes, a lot the words and phrases would be difficult for young children to understand. It is more for students in middle school.