The Howling Ghost

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Part One GHOSTS AND MONKS
5. Introduction 1
6. The Spirit of Paschasius the Deacon 9
7. The Bathkeeper 10
8. The Visions of Tortgith 13
9. The Mission to Germany 14
10. The Ghostly Gatherings 17
11. The Domain of the Dead 18
12. The Groaning Ghosts 19
13. Wulferius and the Ghostly Martyrs 22
14. A Demonic Visitor 23
15. An Army of Wraiths 24
16. The Burning Spear 26
17. Herveus and his Debtor 28
18. The Crying Child 33
19. The Apparition of Bernard le Gros 37
20. The Apparitions in Spain 39
21. The Ghostly Chapter Meeting 44
22. The White Lady of Stamheim 48
23. The Spectre’s Warning 49
24. The Load of Earth 49
25. The Incestuous Ghost 50
26. The Gift of Snakes and Toads 51
27. The Devilish Tormentor 51
28. The Shoes of the Hunted Woman 52
29. Whispers in the Choir 53
30. The Brimstone Potion 54
31. The Hair that Turned to Gold 55
32. Part Two GHOSTS AND THE COURT
33. Introduction 61
34. The Priest Walchelin and Hellequin’s hunt 67
35. The Dark Hunters of Peterborough 75
36. The Witch of Berkeley 78
37. The Jealous Venus 80
38. The Two Clerks of Nantes 83
39. The Tale of King Herla 87
40. A Lady of the Lake 90
41. The Wife of Edric Wilde 91
42. The Sons of the Dead Woman 93
43. The Demon at the Cradle 94
44. King Arthur and the Butterfly Bishop 97
45. The Fight with the Ghostly Army 100
46. Dreams and Portents 100
47. Eel Pie 104
48. The Figure by the River-Pool 105
49. The Child Tumbled from the Cradle 106
50. The Cemetery of Aliscamps 107
51. The Flying Mortar 109
52. The Ghost of Beaucaire 110
53. The Hand of Ryneke 116
54. Part Three THE RESTLESS DEAD
55. Introduction 121
56. Grendel the Nightstalker 127
57. The Defeat of Grendel 128
58. The Burial of the Foster-Brothers 132
59. The Buckinghamshire Ghost 135
60. The Berwick Ghost 136
61. The Hound’s Priest 137
62. The Ghost of Anant 139
63. Hrapp’s Ghost 143
64. The Ghost in the Doorway 145
65. The Ghost of Thorolf Halt-Foot 148
66. Thorgunna’s Supper 150
67. Deaths at Frodis-water 153
68. The Companies of the Dead 154
69. The Ghosts on Trial 156
70. The Tomb of Kar the Old 159
71. Glam the Shepherd 160
72. The Fight with Glam’s Ghost 162
73. The Basket of Beans 167
74. The Haunting of Snowball 168
75. The Frightened Oxen 170
76. The Silver Spoons 171
77. The Howling Ghost 171
78. The Child of Richard Rowntree 172
79. The Sister of Adam de Lond 173
80. Part Four GHOSTS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
81. Introduction 177
82. Bisclavret the Werewolf 183
83. The Vision of the Knight Lorois 189
84. The Ghost of Guinevere’s Mother 195
85. The Phantom Knight of Wandlesbury 199
86. The Ghostly Butler 202
87. The Demons’ Castle 203
88. The Huntsman of Ravenna 207
89. Select Bibliography 213