Throughout the Middle Ages, Bible stories were always known in the vernacular through prose and poetic adaptations, and from historians who used the Bible as a source and whose works were later translated into a vernacular language, such as Peter Comestor.
Throughout the Middle Ages, Bible stories were always known in the vernacular through prose and poetic adaptations, usually greatly shortened and freely reworked. Historians also used the Bible as a source and some of their works were later translated into a vernacular language, such as Peter Comestor.