Sea Minotaur

Hey everybody I'm reading a large book about the Middle Ages! It's called THE MIDDLE AGES. Let's see how far I get! So far I've made it to page 26. Here are three disconnected phrases I have enjoyed: 1. "(the 'Silver Codex,' thus called because it was written in silver ink on purple-stained vellum)" 2. "This historian also knew the legend that claimed that King Merovech was conceived by a minotaur who had risen from the sea" 3. "the former a long-serving general, and the latter a eunuch."