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The Catholic history of the English county that’s slightly smaller than Rhode Island has had an enormous impact on the world, ...
Scholars say handwriting errors in a 900-year-old document changes the understanding of "The Song of Wade", a lost English poem.
A 12th-century property in Kent with royal history is on the market for over $4.4 million, featuring a 13th-century chapel ...
After baffling scholars for over a century, Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it ...
Scholars found the most famous mystery in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings, which provides "rare evidence" of a medieval preacher ...
The Song of Wade was hugely popular throughout the Middle Ages. For several centuries, its central character remained a major romance hero, among other famous knights such as Lancelot and Gawain.
Cambridge University experts say the discovery finally solves the most famous mystery in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings.
A medieval sermon packed with 'memes' and simple spelling mistakes could explain a baffling line in 'The Canterbury Tales.' ...
A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...
Medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer twice made references to an early work featuring a Germanic mythological character named Wade. Only three lines survive, discovered buried in a sermon by a late 19th ...
The English music renaissance in the early 20th century sparked a wealth of art songs by a long list of talented composers.