The Struggle In Crispin's The Cross Of Lead

Crispin, The Cross of Lead is about a boy in the 14th century. His mother just died and he has been chased out of his village. He has also been declared a “wolf’s head” which means that anyone can legally kill him. He meets a traveling jester named Bear and he takes care of Crispin. They make their way to a big city and then Bear meets with a few other people. They are all revolutionaries who want to take the place of their recently dead lord. But, Bear gets captured and it turns out the Crispin is a son of the dead lord. He goes to save Bear and they travel off together. Then the story ends.

Crispin is a young boy who carries his mother’s “Cross of Lead” everywhere. He is used to not looking people in the eyes because they have always acted superior to him. When he meets Bear after he has been declared a “wolf’s head” he goes traveling with Bear.Bear teaches him how to act like he belong and that he is used to everything that can be thrown at him, just like a jester should be able to. When Bear takes him to a big city and Bear gets captured, Crispin saves Bear with his power as the son of the deceased lord.

This books demonstrates feudalism because you can clearly see the different levels of the

He had to travel all the way to Great Wexly to escape him. And then Aycliffe had to die before Crispin could escape.

This book can show the reader what it wa life in the middle ages because it shows the reader the levels of the “Triangle of Power”. It also shows what it was like to be a serf. And it explains some of the finer details of life in the 14th century. For example what a “wolf’s head” is and what it was like to be one.

My favorite part of the book was when Bear and Crispin danced their way through that gate of Great Wexly. It demonstrates how starved for entertainment they were in the 14th century. It also shows how if you know what you're doing, it is easy to get past